Quote Originally Posted by Averageman View Post
Well, if you had the political connections, it would seem to be the perfect way to take a rival out of the picture.

If you're someone's political enemy, don't be, they'll get you and it will be 100% legal.
That gets mentioned by Horace Kephart concerning Appalachian feuds.

https://www.loc.gov/item/22021761/

It's iffy whether the feuds started over a slight against family or were purely political from the start, but a common theme was for those in the feud to gain political office to better attack their opponents.

The 1922 update linked above also has interesting occurrences from the war on drugs(alcohol edition) not included in the 1913 original.