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June 25 – Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn – an army under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer is defeated by 1,500-2,500 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, suffering over 300 casualties. June 27 – Samuel J. Tilden selected by the Democrats as presidential candidate.
Jan 21, 2020 · Learn how the disputed 1876 presidential election led to a bipartisan commission that awarded the victory to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, and how he withdrew federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction. Find out how the Supreme Court undermined Reconstruction policies and how white Democrats disenfranchised Black voters.
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Find out what happened in 1876, from the invention of the telephone to the Battle of Gura. Browse the calendar of events by month and see the highlights, birthdays, deaths and weddings of famous people in 1876.
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1876 was a leap year in the Gregorian calendar and the 1876th year of the Common Era. It saw the invention of the telephone, the end of the Third Carlist War in Spain, and the opening of Japan to Korea.
The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876. Incumbent Republican president Ulysses S. Grant declined to run for a third term, so the party chose Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio, as its nominee.
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Jun 7, 2024 · United States presidential election of 1876, disputed American presidential election held on November 7, 1876, in which Republican Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. Tilden led Hayes by more than 260,000 popular votes, and preliminary returns showed Tilden with 184 electoral votes (one shy of the majority needed to win the ...
Nov 7, 2022 · Learn how the 1876 presidential election, marked by fraud, violence, and a back-room deal, ended Reconstruction and undermined Black rights in the South. Find out how the controversy shaped today's vote counting process and the nation's political landscape.
