The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 7,1876,in which Republican nominee Rutherford B. Hayes faced Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. It was one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history. Its resolution involved negotiations between the Republicans and Democrats,resulting in the Compromise of 1877,and on March 2,1877,the counting of electoral votes by the House and Senate occurred,confirming Hayes as President. It was the second of five U.S. presidential elections in which the winner did not win a plurality of the national popular vote. This is the only time both major party nominees were incumbent US governors.
The 1872 United States presidential election was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 5,1872. Despite a split in the Republican Party,incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democratic-endorsed Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley.
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March until his death in November 1885. Hendricks represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) and the U.S. Senate (1863–1869). He also represented Shelby County,Indiana,in the Indiana General Assembly (1848–1850) and as a delegate to the 1851 Indiana constitutional convention. In addition,Hendricks served as commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859). Hendricks,a popular member of the Democratic Party,was a fiscal conservative. He defended the Democratic position in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era and voted against the Thirteenth,Fourteenth,and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. He also opposed Radical Reconstruction and President Andrew Johnson's removal from office following Johnson's impeachment in the U.S. House.
Marietta is a city in,and the county seat of,Washington County,Ohio,United States. It is located in southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers,11 miles (18 km) northeast of Parkersburg,West Virginia. As of the 2020 census,Marietta has a population of 13,385 people and is the principal city of the Marietta Micropolitan Statistical Area,which includes all of Washington County,and is the second-largest city in the Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna,WV–OH Combined Statistical Area.
John Joyce Gilligan was an American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. He was the father of Kathleen Sebelius,who later served as governor of Kansas and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
John M. Pattison was an American Democratic politician from Ohio. Pattison was for five months the 43rd governor of Ohio,serving for a shorter period than any other person elected to the office before his death.
James Edwin Campbell was an American attorney and Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1884 to 1889 and as the 38th governor of Ohio from 1890 to 1892.
Stephen Marvin Young was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1959 until 1971.
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus,Ohio,in 1854.
George Dewey Nye,born in Waverly,Ohio,was an American politician of the Democratic party.
Quentin Northrup Burdick was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S. Senate (1960–1992). At the time of his death,he was the third longest-serving senator among current members of the Senate.
Thomas George Pratt was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis,Maryland. He was the 27th governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. senator from 1850 to 1857.
George Ebbert Seney was a nineteenth-century politician,lawyer and judge from Ohio. A Democrat,he served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1891.
John Parsons Cook was an American lawyer and politician affiliated with the Whig Party who represented Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855.
Aaron Fyfe Perry was an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1871 to 1872
Alphonso Hart was a Republican politician from the U.S. State of Ohio who was a U.S. Representative,in the Ohio State Senate,and the 11th lieutenant governor of Ohio.
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Martin Welker was a United States representative from Ohio for three terms from 1865 to 1871 and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1873 to 1889.
William Parker Cutler was an American railroad executive and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1861 to 1863.
Charles Haight was a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1867 to 1871.
