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  2. 1876 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Ulysses S. Grant, the incumbent president in 1876, whose second term expired on March 4, 1877. It was widely assumed during the year 1875 that incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant would run for a third term as president despite the poor economic conditions, the numerous political scandals that had developed since he assumed office in 1869, and despite a longstanding tradition set by George ...

  3. 1876 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    The 1876 presidential election was heavily contested, and saw the highest turnout of voting age population in American history, 81.8%. [3] [4] Democratic Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York won the Democratic nomination on the second ballot of the 1876 Democratic National Convention, defeating Indiana Governor Thomas A. Hendricks and a handful of other candidates.

  4. William A. Cocke - Wikipedia

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    In 1852, following the collapse of the national Whig Party due to the disastrous 1852 presidential election, Cocke, like many other Southern Whigs, fled to the Democratic Party. [ 4 ] Cocke continued his private practice in Florida until the beginning of the American Civil War , when he accepted a high-profile position in the Confederate States ...

  5. Samuel Tilden 1876 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    The 1876 U.S. presidential election occurred at the twilight of Reconstruction and was between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.After an extremely heated election dispute, a compromise was eventually reached where Hayes would become U.S. President in exchange for the end of Reconstruction and a withdrawal of U.S. federal troops from the South.

  6. Category:1876 United States presidential campaigns - Wikipedia

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    1876; 1880; 1884; 1888; 1892; 1896; Pages in category "1876 United States presidential campaigns" ... Samuel Tilden 1876 presidential campaign This page was last ...

  7. 1876 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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    The 1876 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .

  8. 1876 Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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    Interior of the Merchants Exchange Building of St. Louis, Missouri, during the announcement of Samuel J. Tilden as the Democratic presidential nominee. The 12th Democratic National Convention assembled in St. Louis in June 1876. Five thousand people jammed the auditorium in St. Louis, hoping for the Democrats' first presidential victory in 20 ...

  9. 1876 Greenback National Convention - Wikipedia

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    The 1876 Greenback National Convention was held in Indianapolis in the spring of 1876. The Greenback Party had been organized by agricultural interests in Indianapolis in 1874 to urge the federal government to inflate the economy through the mass issuance of paper money called greenbacks .