The 1876 Hayes-Tilden Election

 Nora Mayral Boyle

Mr. Roddy

IHSS

January 19, 2020

The 1876 Hayes-Tilden Election

The election of 1876 was a game-changing one, sparking a system that faces lots of controversy, and still entertains debate to this day. 

The Tilden-Hayes presidential race was cutthroat. Both sides did their best to paint their opponent in as negative a light possible, and on election day, both sides supporters engaged in election fraud, with Hayes’ Republican party stuffing ballot boxes with repeat votes and throwing out Democratic votes, and Tilden’s party physically confronting voters in an attempt to either prevent them from voting, or for voting for their candidate. Ultimately, Tilden claimed victory, garnering over 200,000 more popular votes than his opponent, but it wasn't over yet. 

In January of 1877, an idea was reached- a committee dedicated to determining which candidate would receive the 19 disputed votes. As America moved into February, civil unrest grew. Democrats in the house began filibustering, refusing to accept the election results, now in favor of Hayes. After countless secretive meetings, Southern Democrats agreed to call off the filibuster in exchange for ending the Reconstruction, and  many other things. After the vote count was completed and certified, on inauguration day, March 2 at the time, Hayes was sworn in in a secret ceremony due to fears of assassination. 

Following this, the Electoral Count of 1887 was passed. It entails a joint session of Congress on January 6th, to go through and count the states votes. At this point, members may object to a state’s individual votes. This election, comments were made by certain members of the Republican Party, considering 1876’s committee-style commission for our current election. However, nothing came of these comments. Over 50 actions have been made in an attempt to challenge the election results. All were rejected. And on January 6th, after the capital coup, Congress convened, and certified the election results, that declared Joseph Robinette Biden as the president-elect, despite objections. And yesterday, January 20, 2021, Biden was inaugurated as president,and possibly on of the craziest elections came to an end.


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