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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 ...
The political backdrop to the story is the 1876 presidential election, a close contest between Tilden and the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. Tilden won the popular vote, but there was a dispute over the results in Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina, and Florida.
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.
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.
The 1876 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
The Bloody South Carolina Election of 1876: Wade Hampton III, the Red Shirt Campaign for Governor and the End of Reconstruction (McFarland, 2010); the author is unaware of recent scholarship on Reconstruction and, "The result is a book that is at best uneven and at worst untrustworthy," says historian Randall Miller in Civil War Book Review ...
If you want to read up on the choices facing voters on 4 July – and better understand how we got here in the first place – Jessie Thompson has your ultimate general election reading guide
The 1876 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1876. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1876 United States presidential election . Voters chose 35 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .