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The election of 1800 saw Jefferson elected president by the House, after confusion in the electoral college with vice-presidental nominee Aaron Burr. Conflict with the Courts - Adams' Judiciary Act of 1801 packed the court system with last-minute Federalist appointees. (Marbury vs Madison - Marshall's court failed to seat Adams' appointee, and thus asserted the doctrine of Judicial Review)
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∙ 6y agoRutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Tilden 4,288,546 and Hayes 4,034,311. The electoral votes of 4 States were disputed. Congress referred the matter to the Electoral Commission which gave the decision to Rutherford B. Hayes.
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∙ 12y agoSimply put, the controversy was that Andrew Jackson led in both popular vote and electoral vote, but lost the election to John Quincy Adams. Nobody got a majority of electoral votes so by the Constitution the House of Representatives decided the election. Everything they did was legal, but Jackson supporters objected to the way that Henry Clay was able to influence the House vote to favor Adams.
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∙ 9y agoThe election of 1876 was controversial because both candidates had a claim to victory, and Tilden definitely won the popular vote. The Supreme Court declared Hayes the winner.
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What happened in the election of?
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Which president had a close election - winning in the electoral college by one vote?
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes beat Democrat Samuel J. Tilden 185-184 in 1876 under extremely controversial circumstances.
Who was the Winner of the contested 1876 election?
Hayes
What happened in the election of 1877?
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Who lost the election in 1876?
Samuel J. Tilden
Where was the current Texas constitution written?
The Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas, 1827
Who won in Kansas in the Election of 1876?
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.
How the election of 1876 affect reconstruction?
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
How did the election 1876 affect Reconstruction?
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The 1876 Presidential election was?
The Supreme Court decide the presidential election.
What was the irony of history that occurred in 1876?
the irony of history that occurred in 1876 is that the election of 1876 officially crushed the american dream for millions of black americans
What was the purpose of the compromise. Of 1877?
To settle the 1876 presidential election
