1876 United States presidential election

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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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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
United States
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
resultedIn constitutional crisis
end of Reconstruction era
presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
withdrawal of federal troops from the South
totalElectoralVotes 369
vicePresidentialRunningMate Thomas A. Hendricks
William A. Wheeler NERFINISHED
voterTurnout very high

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Electoral Commission of 1877 ("United States presidential election of 1876")
appliesToEvent
Samuel J. Tilden ("United States presidential election, 1876")
candidateIn
Samuel J. Tilden ("United States presidential election, 1876")
election
Wormley Agreement
follows
Rutherford B. Hayes ("Hayes–Tilden election dispute")
notableEvent
Compromise of 1877
relatedTo
Compromise of 1877
resultedFrom

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