1876 United States presidential election

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President of the United States United States presidential election political compromise political event temporary federal commission

The 1876 United States presidential election was a highly disputed contest between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden that led to a constitutional crisis and ultimately to Hayes’s presidency through an electoral commission and the Compromise of 1877.

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1876 United States presidential election canonical 5
United States presidential election of 1876 4
United States presidential election, 1876 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States ⓘ
United States presidential election ⓘ
political compromise ⓘ
political event ⓘ
temporary federal commission ⓘ
characterizedBy disputed electoral votes ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
disputedStates Florida ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
electionDate 1876-11-07 ⓘ
electoralVotes 184 ⓘ
185 ⓘ
electoralVotesNeededToWin 185 ⓘ
electoralVotesReceived Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
Samuel J. Tilden ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
era Reconstruction era ⓘ
hasCandidate Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
Samuel J. Tilden ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the most disputed presidential elections in U.S. history ⓘ
incumbentPresident Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
mainIssues Reconstruction policies ⓘ
corruption in government ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
nextElection 1880 United States presidential election ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
ordinalNumberInOffice 19 ⓘ
partyOfCandidate Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
Samuel J. Tilden ⓘ
popularVoteMargin approximately 250000 votes ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Samuel J. Tilden ⓘ
previousElection 1872 United States presidential election ⓘ
purpose resolve disputed electoral votes in the 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
relatedAgreement Compromise of 1877 ⓘ
resolvedBy Electoral Commission of 1877 ⓘ
resultedFrom 1876 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
resultedIn constitutional crisis ⓘ
end of Reconstruction era ⓘ
Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
surface form: presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

withdrawal of federal troops from the South ⓘ
totalElectoralVotes 369 ⓘ
vicePresidentialRunningMate Thomas A. Hendricks ⓘ
William A. Wheeler ⓘ
voterTurnout very high ⓘ

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Compromise of 1877 → relatedTo → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
Rutherford B. Hayes → notableEvent → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hayes–Tilden election dispute
Electoral Commission of 1877 → appliesToEvent → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election of 1876
1876 United States presidential election → resultedFrom → 1876 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Compromise of 1877
Wormley Agreement → follows → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
Samuel J. Tilden → election → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1876
Samuel J. Tilden → candidateIn → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1876
1880 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
South Carolina election of 1876 → partOf → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States elections of 1876
Electoral Commission Act → relatedElection → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
Electoral Commission → relatedTo → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Electoral Commission (United States, 1877)
this entity surface form: United States presidential election of 1876
Greenback Party → participatedIn → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election of 1876
Peter Cooper → candidateInElection → 1876 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election of 1876