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Truman, of course, was no stranger to stuffed ballots. In fact he could never have become President if he had not scraped victory out of the 1934 Senate primary in [[Missouri]] with the help of 50,000 fraudulent votes from Tom Pendergast’s [[Kansas City]] machine. And years later when Boss Pendergast died, Truman flew to the funeral.  
 
Truman, of course, was no stranger to stuffed ballots. In fact he could never have become President if he had not scraped victory out of the 1934 Senate primary in [[Missouri]] with the help of 50,000 fraudulent votes from Tom Pendergast’s [[Kansas City]] machine. And years later when Boss Pendergast died, Truman flew to the funeral.  
[[File:Josiah W. Bailey.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The 1930 election involving Bailey (pictured above) and Pritchard was marred with allegations of fraud.]]
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So pleased was Truman with Parr’s work, shortly after his election, he rewarded Parr with a pardon. And when Parr again was found guilty of income tax evasion, Abe Fortas argued the case all the way to the [[Supreme Court]] and got Parr off on a technical ruling.
 
So pleased was Truman with Parr’s work, shortly after his election, he rewarded Parr with a pardon. And when Parr again was found guilty of income tax evasion, Abe Fortas argued the case all the way to the [[Supreme Court]] and got Parr off on a technical ruling.
  
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