A contentious election

The Election Riot 1874 by Peter Hurd

In 1874 William Charles Lunalilo, the elected King of Hawaii, died without naming an heir. This touched off Hawaii's second election of a monarch. David Laʻamea Kalākaua and the Dowager Queen Emma were the two main contenders. The election was decided by the legislative assembly in favor of Kalākaua and, at the news, Emma's supporters rioted in Honolulu and attacked the assembly. The police could not control the situation and so American and British troops from ships in the harbor were brought in to restore order.

Source: The 1874 Election Riot in Honolulu.   

Our election is upon us, and it seems that regardless of the winner we'll have our own scaled up version of the 1874 Honolulu riots. The more things change...