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| RUTHERFORD B HAYES AND THE OTHER STOLEN ELECTION!!! |
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Everyone is aware of the battle for the Presidency of the United States That Was waged by the Gore and Bush forces in Florada!Gore won the popular vote but Bush wins the electorial vote and the Presidency When Florida's 25 electors are awarded to him.
Rutherford B. Hayes lost the popular vote to Samuel J.Tilden and became President and Reconstruction came to an end through the Compromise of 1877. When the electoral votes from the 1876 election were counted, Rutherford B. Hayes was 20 electoral votes short of victory, and 20 votes remained in dispute. The Republican-controlled Congress awarded all the disputed electoral votes to Hayes, and the Democrats threatened to block his inauguration. The two parties ultimately worked out a compromise that accepted Hayes as President and brought an end to Reconstruction, allowing southern states to control their own affairs. For more information read Hayes Biography
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