One section of Profiles In Courage details an incident in which the vice-presidential winner of this election told off Roscoe Conkling.
One section of Profiles In Courage details an incident in which the vice-presidential winner of this election told off Roscoe Conkling. Peter Cooper represented the Greenback party during this event. An attempt to reelect General John Logan to the Senate by the Illinois legislature led to the impartial Justice David Davis being replaced by Joseph P. Bradley. The legality of a vote cast by a postmaster in Oregon was questioned along with 19 others. Ending Reconstruction was a compromise in the year following this election that was a concession won by the losing candidate, Samuel Tilden. For 10 points, name this 19th century American presidential election controversially settled by committee and won by Rutherford B. Hayes.
One section of Profiles In Courage details an incident in which the vice-presidential winner of this election told off Roscoe Conkling.
United States Presidential Election of 1876 [or equivalents such as early buzzes of Rutherford B. Hayes defeats Samuel J. Tilden for president]