FEB. 27, 1877 TICKET TO SETTLE DISPUTED 1876 HAYES VS. TILDEN ELECTION.
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$259.61
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Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
The disputed election resulted in an unprecedented Constitutional crisis. On January 29, 1877, the US Congress passed a law forming a 15 member Electoral Commission to settle the result. Five members came from each House of Congress and were joined by five members of the Supreme Court. The Commission met on the last day of January and adjourned on March 2; two days later Hayes was inaugurated without disturbance. This 3x4.75" ticket is dated for February 27, 1877 w/text "Counting The Vote For President And Vice President/Admit Bearer/To Gallery Of House Of Representatives." It is not possible to conclude definitively what the result would have been if a fair election had been held without the violence and intimidation, throughout the south, that disenfranchised many African Americans explicitly eligible to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment. Nevertheless, in the most probable scenario Hayes would have won the election with 189 electoral votes to Tilden's 180 by winning all of the states that he did ultimately carry, plus Mississippi but minus Florida. A strong case can be made that South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi, states with an outright majority African American population, would have gone for Hayes since nearly all African Americans during this time voted Republican (while nearly all whites in the south during this time voted Democratic). Florida, with a majority white population, would have likely gone to Tilden in a fair election. Clearly Hayes would have won appreciably more of the popular vote in a fair election, although arguably still not a plurality or majority. Edge wear most notable along the top and right side. A 1/8x.25" moisture mark that affects the "7" in "27" at lower left. No creases. Extremely Fine. Scarce.
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