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*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts describing the candidates, the conventions, and the election *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readers *Includes a table of contents "It is impossible, at so early a time, to obtain the result." Rutherford B. Hayes after the election It seems that every time a presidential election rolls around in America, voters are told that the nation is at a critical fork in its history, and that the decisions reached and the candidates elected will change the course of history. While this is always true to some extent, there are times when it is true to a critical extent. Such was the case in 1876, when the country, weary of four years of Civil War and more than a decade of Reconstruction, was once again on the brink of splitting. While the Northern states celebrated the centennial of American Independence, the South found itself chaffing under the weight of federal occupation. At the same time, the entire nation was shocked and horrified at the direction the Indian Wars in the West were going, culminating just weeks before the election with George Custers shocking defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Many assumed that President Ulysses S. Grant, the popular Civil War general who was still a relatively young man at the end of his second term in office, would surely run for a third, but many Americans knew nothing of the scandals and corruption that had surrounded Grants administration, and he wanted to keep it that way, preferring to be remembered as a successful general rather than a failed president. Thus, after extensive consultations with his advisors, he decided to retire from political life, leaving the Republican nomination wide open. At the same time, Southern politicians were beginning to make a comeback and the Democratic Party was gaining strength, especially in the former Confederate states. The South hoped that if it could once again win the White House, it could finally resume its position as an equal part of the nation, rather than a section being punished for its past. All of this set the stage for one of the strangest interludes in American history. As the nations two major parties each put forth a large slate of candidates for nomination, two candidates had to come to the fore, and each party selected both a presidential and vice-presidential candidate. These four men ran a bitterly contested race just to reach the general election, and that general election became the most controversial in American history. By the time results rolled in, Democrat Samuel Tilden had won the popular vote and was up by 19 electoral votes, but 20 electoral votes were disputed, and despite claims of fraud, the two sides eventually forged the Compromise of 1877, which gave the presidency to the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the removal of federal troops from the South. The Compromise effectively ended the Reconstruction era, and while it helped bring about the sectional reconciliation of the country, it also allowed the Solid South to emerge, which included the implementation of Jim Crow across the region. In effect, the election ensured another major battle over the civil rights of minorities would ensue decades later. The Election of 1876: The History of the Controversial Election that Ended Reconstruction looks at one of Americas most controversial aspects of the 19th century. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Missouri Compromise like never before. Disputed Elections - Historycentral Home History's Home on Dipsuted Elections in American History by Marc Schulman 1800 The first election which ended in a dispute was the election of the 1800 our fourth election Compromise of 1877 - Wikipedia The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 US presidential election It resulted in the United States Election of 1876: Hayes Became President - ThoughtCo The Election of 1876: Hayes Lost Popular Vote But Won White House Presidential Elections - US Presidents - HISTORYcom The first presidential election was held on the first Wednesday of January in 1789 No one contested the election of George Washington but he remained reluctant to Historical Eras - U-S-Historycom The role of Historical Eras in the history of the United States of America Presidential Election of 1876 - 270towincom The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history Samuel J Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's History of the United States Republican Party - Wikipedia The election of Lincoln in 1860 opened a new era of Republican dominance based in the industrial North and agricultural Midwest The Third Party System was dominated Election of 1876 - U-S-Historycom Election of 1876 Candidates Party Electoral Vote Popular Vote Rutherford B Hayes (OH) William A Wheeler (NY) Republican 185 4034311 Samuel J Tilden (NY) Compromise of 1877 - US Presidents - HISTORYcom Immediately after the presidential election of 1876 it became clear that the outcome of the race hinged largely on disputed returns from Florida Louisiana and South APStudentcom: US History for AP Students *AP is a registered trademark of the College Board Which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product
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