Scandal
For nearly twenty years, Quay dominated the government of Pennsylvania, and also played a very prominent role in national affairs. In 1898 he was brought to trial on a charge of misappropriating state funds. Although he was acquitted the following year, the feeling among the reform element in his own party was so opposed to him that the legislature became deadlocked over filling the Senate vacancy. Quay was not re-elected for two years.
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