11.+Election+of+1876,+Compromise+of+1877

**__The Election of 1876 and The Compromise of 1877__**



Election of 1876 – Rutherford B. Hayes

• Republican • Home state – Ohio • Running Mate – William Almon Wheeler • Electoral Vote – 185 • States Carried – 21 • Popular Vote - 4,034,311 • Percentage – 47.9%

Election of 1876 – Samuel J. Tiden 

Democratic

Home State – New York

Running Mate – Thomas Andrews Hendricks

Electoral Vote – 184

States Carried – 17

Popular Vote - 4,288,546

Percentage – 51%

Election of 1876 – Peter Cooper

• Greenback Party  •  Running Mate – Samuel Fenton Cary • Cooper came in last getting out voted by both Hayes and Tiden • He was 85 years old when he ran for president

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 3; language: en-US;">Compromise of 1877 • <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">Samuel J. Tiden won the popular vote <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;"> Rutherford B. Hayes won the Electoral College Vote by one vote 185-184 • <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">However Hayes got 19 electoral votes from three southern disputed states. (Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana). • <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">So in rushed effort, the day before inauguration, Compromise of 1877 was made  •  <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">In the Compromise the Democratic Party agreed to allow Hayes to be the next President. • <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">The conditions of the compromise were: -The Republicans had to take all soldiers from the south. -They would make legislature to make the South more industrialized. -A Democrat would be placed in the Presidents Cabinet.

To avoid this from happening ever again, America wanted to have more secure elections and also to protect the rights of African Americans. So in conclusion the Compromise was a success by reaching an agreement. This Compromise ended reconstruction and caused political peace in the South.

• <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">Benedict, Michael Les. "U.S. presidential election, 1876." In Campell, Ballard C., Ph.D., gen. ed. <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-style: italic; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2008. <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-style: italic; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">American History Online <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=DACH0075&SingleRecord=True (accessed May 7, 2009). • <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">Harvey, Gordon E. "U.S. presidential election, 1876." In Sabato, Larry J., and Howard R. Ernst. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-style: italic; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-style: italic; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">American History Online <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-color-index: 1; language: en-US;">. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAPPE0315&SingleRecord=True (accessed May 7, 2009).

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