Election Of 1876 Flashcards
Rutherford b Hayes
Republican governor of Ohio
4,036,000 votes
Samuel j Tilden
Democrat, N.Y. Governor
Wins popular vote 4,300,000 votes
Needed one more electoral vote
3 states with disputed election returns
South Carolina, FL, Lousiana
Democratic states is 1876
Hayes needed what to win
All three disputed states
Congress form a what to figure out disputed states
Electoral committee
Democrats control the
House of Representatives
Republicans control
The senate
Electoral committee made of
5 representatives (3 demo, 2 rep)
5 senate (2 demo, 2 rep, 1 independent)
Who was the independent in the electoral committee
David Davis
What happens to Davis
Illinois elects him to US senate, he is replaced by a republican
Somehow who wins, what happens
Hayes wins, democrats threaten civil war
Compromise of 1877