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)
Rutherford B. Hayes was known as "Rutherfraud" or "His Fraudulency" due to the controversial election of 1876.
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes beat Democrat Samuel J. Tilden 185-184 in 1876 under extremely controversial circumstances.
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 Supreme Court decide the presidential election.
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
the irony of history that occurred in 1876 is that the election of 1876 officially crushed the american dream for millions of black americans