Samuel J. Tilden

campaigns in past elections. One of these years in history was 1876 between Democrat Samuel J. Tilden and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. During this election, Tilden and the Democrats were accused of winning southern states through violence and fraud causing Republicans to demand vote recounts. After recounts, Republicans were accused of throwing out Democratic votes so Hayes would gain support from states that were once Tilden 's (Morris 2003). For this election, Florida played a key role along with a few

lost to John Quincy Adams. In the election, Jackson received more electoral votes than any other candidate but did not receive the majority. The election was taken to the House of Representatives and Adams was elected (343). In 1876, Democrat Samuel J. Tilden received more popular votes than Rutherford B.

The Electoral College has the job of officially electing the United States President. After the popular vote is counted by each state, the "electors" will then cast their vote. Electors are apportioned to each state and the District of Columbia.The Electoral College system was established in the constitution by the Founding Fathers. This system forms the very beginning and basis of the United States' national elections and is; therefore, important to this country's history. It is made up of 538 members

The surrender of the confederate army brought an end to the civil war and the beginning of reconstruction. The country was divided with the newly freed slaves and the rebellious white southerners all attempting to be reintegrated back into the Union. The man America leaned on to help them was the same man who led the Union through the civil war, Abraham Lincoln. Although, on April 15, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. While fleeing the seen Booth can be heard shouting “the south

1. How did David Walker stir controversy with his actions? What happened to him? (See the online article in Learning Modules). David Walker was the son of a slave father and free black mother, who later got involved with and chose to associate with prominent black activists, he proceeded in Joining Organizations that rejected slavery in the South and rejected discrimination in the North. Walker would become involve with the nation’s first African American newspaper, the Freedom’s Journal, and contribute

North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? Harper’s Weekly September 1, 1868 Harper’s Weekly September 1, 1868 “Is This a Republican Form of Government? Is This Protecting Life, Liberty, or Property?” “Is This a Republican Form of Government? Is This Protecting Life, Liberty, or Property?” Overview: The twelve years after the Civil War proved to be a difficult time for America. Called Reconstruction by historians, this era saw an increase of freedom for former slaves. However

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois offered different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discrimination faced by Black Americans at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1877-1915, assess the appropriateness of each of these strategies in the historical context in which each was developed. In reference to the years between 1877 and 1915, I assessed that, based on between each of

The question of how to select the president was one of the most contentious considered by the Constitutional Convention in 1787, with big and small states, slave- and free-states pushing their interests. As a result, in Article 2, section 1 of the Constitution, the Electoral College is set up. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention decided on this system of indirect election of the president. This resulted because some delegates supported a direct election by citizens while others favored

England while the U.S. was ending its effort to protect the freedom of African Americans in the South. Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican candidate and Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic candidate both ran for presidency. This election saw that Rutherford B. Hayes would eventually be the winner and become President. The election was very close. “…Tilden won the popular vote, the election results in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana were so close that a winner could not be determined. If these three

Time Out for the Electoral College American citizens are naïve of the function of the Electoral College because they believe in error that they directly elect the President and Vice President when in fact the “Electors” representing the candidates cast the Electoral College votes. The Electoral College Two hundred years ago, the Framers of the Constitution outlined the Electoral College when they disagreed on who should elect the president, and disagreed on the role of the people, the