Election+of+1876

//**Election of 1876 (__KeithJohns__)

The election of 1876 took place on November 7, 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes (a Republican Governor from Ohio) with his running mate William Almon Wheeler, and Samual J. Tilden (a Democratic governor from New York) with his running mate Thomas Andrews Hendricks. It became one of the most controversial presidential elections in American history. It was a close battle between the two, but Rutherford B. Hayes came out on top over Samual J. Tilden by one electoral vote and two states. Hayes had 185 electoral votes to Tilden's 184 and he had 20 states over his 18. Although Hayes won the election, he still was outpolled in the popular vote with Tilden leading 4,288,546 to 4,034,311. Hayes almost lost the election because 20 electoral votes were not counted. Putting Hayes down to 165 and Tilden leading with 184. Thats when the dispute comes in at. The 20 votes were being determined in three states which were, Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina each party reported that their candidate had won the state. However one electorial vote was an illegal one in the state of Oregon which was later replaced. After a legal and political dispute all the votes were then given to Hayes after a very heated political debate that gave him the victory. The campain was a hard faught battle between the two. Both parties showed what was called a " mud-slinging campain". The Democrats attacked the issues on Republican corruption and that being countered by the Republicans bringing up the issue of the Civl War, a tactic that was ridiculed by the Democrats who had called it "waving the bloody shirt". The Republicans were chanting "not every Democrat was a rebel, but every rebel was a Democrat" The Democrats used the Mississippi plan strategy to try and win. They surppressed the black and white voter turnout by interupting rallies and meetings and used intimidation and violence. They thought themselves to be like a millitary wing of the Democratic party. Now between the three states that had the electoral disputes, Florida had four votes, Louisiana had eight votes, South Carolina had seven votes and they all favored Tilden. However some of the Democratic ballot were printed with the Republican symbol on them which made it an insufficent number of democratic votes. That made Hayes come out the victor and the 19th US president of 1876.**// ||< ||
 * = **The Election of 1876** ||
 * < **Nominee** ||< ** //Rutherford B. Hayes// ** ||< Samuel J. Tilden ||
 * < **Party** ||< Republican ||< Democratic ||
 * < **Home State** ||< Ohio ||< New York ||
 * < **Running Mate** ||< //** William Almon Wheeler **// ||< Thomas Andrews Hendricks ||
 * < **Electoral Vote** ||< ** //185// ** ||< 184 ||
 * < **% of Electoral Vote** ||< **// 50.1% //** ||< 49.9% ||
 * < **States Won** ||< **// 20 //** ||< 18 ||
 * < **Popular Vote** ||< 4,034,311 ||< ** //4,288,546// ** ||
 * < **% of Popular Vote** ||< 47.9% ||< ** //51.0%// ** ||
 * ~ **Map of States Won** ||||~ [[image:http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/images/elections/maps/1876.jpg width="491" height="302" caption="1876 Electoral College Map"]] ||

__**//Bibliography//**__ __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. Ed. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 09 June 2009 []. __Travel and History__. 09 June 2009 [].