Election Of 1876 Southern States

The Disputed Election of 1876 The election of 1876 between Rutherford B. The Democrats called foul threatening to hold up the commissions decision in the courts.

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In the presidential election of 1876 Democrat Samuel Tilden ran against Republican Rutherford B.

Election of 1876 southern states. Hayes of Ohio just one vote shy of the 185 needed to win. Charles Soludo for winning the Nov. Grant decisively won re-election carrying 31 of the 37 states including several Southern states that would not again vote Republican until the 20th century.

Election of 1876 was the end of reconstruction. The Collapse of Reconstruction. The Election of 1876 was the most contentious in United States history.

On this date a Joint Session of the 44th Congress 18751877 met for the first time to count the electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election. 1876 United States presidential election Republican nomination and campaign against Tilden edit Original Currier Ives campaign poster depicting the Hayes-Wheeler ticket the last and rarest in the firms Grand National Banner series Hayess success in Ohio immediately elevated him to the top ranks of Republican politicians under consideration for the. Hayes defeated Democrat Samuel J.

At the end of election day no clear winner emerged because the outcomes in South Carolina Florida and Louisiana were unclear. United States presidential election of 1876 disputed American presidential election held on November 7 1876 in which Republican Rutherford B. In addition the consequences notably the restoration of a legal system of slavery in all but name in the South were catastrophic for the over 4 million former slaves.

Tilden led Hayes by more than 260000 popular votes and preliminary returns showed Tilden with 184 electoral votes one shy of the majority needed to win the election to Hayess 165 with the 19. According to document K Hayes won the election of 1876 because of three southern states didnt give him the electoral votes. Grant would be the last incumbent to win a second consecutive term until William McKinley s victory in the 1900 presidential election c and his popular vote margin of 118 was the largest margin between 1856 and 1904.

THE CONTESTED ELECTION OF 1876. These 20 electoral votes were in dispute. The prelude to the election in South Carolina was a bloody affair.

While Lincolns election in 1860 had more tumultuous consequences once the Democratic Party split into its National and Southern wings Lincolns victory was assured. The winner of the 1876 was hardly certain for nearly four months after the citizenry had cast their ballots. South Democrats made a deal with Hayes to take away the military troops and Republicans from the south from then they would vote for.

However returns from Louisiana Florida South Carolina and Oregon remained in dispute. In Congress the political power of the Radical Republicans had waned although some continued their efforts to realize the dream of equality between blacks and whites. Tilden won the popular vote and led in the electoral college but 19 votes from three Republican-controlled states Louisiana Florida and South Carolina remained disputed.

Democrat Samuel Tilden had emerged from the close election leading Republican Rutherford B. However three states were in doubt. 6 governorship election in Anambra.

Hayes republican was running for president against Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote and led in the electoral college 184-166 but 19 votes from three Republican-controlled states Louisiana Florida and South Carolina. Chamberlain of Massachusetts a strict dogmatist on the race question and thoroughly loathed by white South Carolinians.

He also won the border states and several states in the northeast including his home state of New York Connecticut Delaware Maryland and New Jersey. On election day Tilden led Hayes by more than 260000 votes and appeared on the verge of winning an electoral college majority having swept much of the South. By the Election of 1876 White Southern Democrats had regained power in all but 3 Southern states South Carolina Florida and Louisiana.

Hayes in the popular vote and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes 165 with 20 votes uncounted. Photograph by Pictorial Press Ltd. In Congress the political power of the Radical Republicans had waned although some continued their efforts to realize the dream of equality between Black and White people.

Once the votes were counted Tilden had won the popular vote but was 1 electoral vote shy of winning the presidency. The final outcome hinged on the disputed results in four states--Florida Louisiana Oregon and South Carolina--which prevented either candidate from securing a majority of electoral votes. But white Southern Democrats attempted to suppress their votes in the 1876 election through fraud and intimidation.

Tilden the Democratic candidate swept the South with the exception of the contested states of Florida Louisiana and South Carolina. This map illustrates the results of the presidential election of 1876. In addition to the Presidential election there was a gubernatorial race.

The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. In effect the Democrats held the army appropriation bill hostage. Both parties claimed victory in those states but Republican-controlled returning boards would determine the official electoral votes.

Both sides claimed victory for the Presidency especially the Republicans. In three states Florida Louisiana and South Carolina each party. The Southern Democrats demanded that the army be withdrawn from the last states in the South.

The 1876 election proved that no matter what procedure was in place stealing the Presidency was not only possible but its what actually occurred. 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 Carolinathe only three. By the time of the 1876 presidential election Reconstruction had come to an end in most southern states.

The Contested Election of 1876 By the time of the 1876 presidential election Reconstruction had come to an end in most southern states. Election of 1876 edit Main article. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohios Rutherford B.

Republicans accused Democrats in Florida Louisiana and South Carolina of refusing to count African American and other Republican votes. In 1876 the House of representatives adjourned without appropriating any money for the army for the following year appropriations are made this year for next year. 8 hours agoThe Southern Governors Forum SGF has congratulated Prof.

The Governor was Daniel H. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden of New York was one of the most hostile controversial campaigns in American history. Florida Louisiana and South Carolina.

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