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The returns accepted by the Commission put Hayes's margin of victory in South Carolina at 889 votes, the second-closest popular vote margin in a decisive state in U.S. history, after the election of 2000, which was decided by 537 votes in Florida.
Previously, electors cast two votes for president, and the winner and runner up became president and vice-president respectively. The appointment of electors is a matter for each state's legislature to determine; in 1872 and in every presidential election since 1880, all states have used a popular vote to do so.
The question of who should have been awarded these 20 electoral votes is at the heart of the ongoing debate about the election of 1876. An Electoral Commission, consisting of 15 men, was formed on January 29, 1877, to debate about the 20 electoral votes that were in dispute. The Commission consisted of five men from the House and the Senate ...
Hayes thought at first that he, too, had lost, but the final tally showed that he had won the election by 2,983 votes of 484,603 votes cast. [ 80 ] As a Republican governor with a Democratic legislature, Hayes had a limited role in governing, especially since Ohio's governor had no veto power.
The series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen A. Douglas for U.S. Senate were true, face-to-face debates, with no moderator; the candidates took it in turns to open each debate with a one-hour speech, then the other candidate had an hour and a half to rebut, and finally the first candidate closed the debate with a half-hour response.
When is the next presidential debate 2024? See date, time ABC News is hosting the second debate for the 2024 United States Presidential Election on Sept. 10 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time in Philadelphia.
Four years after last facing off against each other, President Biden will debate former President Trump on June 27 at 9 p.m. EDT. Trump and Biden decided to flout the Commission on Presidential ...
Vice Presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance meet face-to-face Tuesday night for what may be their only debate before November's general election. In a presidential race that is neck-and ...