The Election Commission created by Congress on the 29th of January 1877 to settle the election disputes in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina did not complete their work until the 2nd of March, just 2 days before Inauguration Day.
The special commission tasked with determining the rightful recipient of the electoral votes from South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida in the 1876 U.S. presidential/vice-presidential election did not adjourn until the 2nd of March, only two days before Inauguration Day.
It was the 12th of December 2000 when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the recounts that had started in Florida were a violation of the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. That was 6 days before the electoral college cast their votes on the 18th of December, 9 days before George W. Bush resigned as Governor of Texas on the 21st of December (the only time I ever saw him cry), 25 days before the official counting of the electoral votes on the 6th of January, and 39 days before Inauguration Day, the 20th of January.
The Election Commission created by Congress on the 29th of January 1877 to settle the election disputes in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina did not complete their work until the 2nd of March, just 2 days before Inauguration Day.
The special commission tasked with determining the rightful recipient of the electoral votes from South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida in the 1876 U.S. presidential/vice-presidential election did not adjourn until the 2nd of March, only two days before Inauguration Day.
The election followed the Constitution and went to the House of Representatives to be decided. However a deal was made that the Republicans would end reconstruction in the South and remove the last Federal troops if Hayes was elected.
One reason the election of 1876 was important was that it was decided in the House of Representatives. Also, Rutherford Hayes effectively ended Reconstruction in the South almost immediately.
The Election of 1876; between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden.
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Hayes
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Samuel J. Tilden
The Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas, 1827
Kansas cast its 5 electoral votes for Rutherford Hayes in the 1876 election. The 1876 presidential election popular vote totals in Kansas were Samuel Tilden 37,902 and Rutherford Hayes 78,324.
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The Supreme Court decide the presidential election.