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Close national elections recall 1876 contest and 1884 echo
The piece reviews the 1876 election that Hayes won by one electoral vote after contested returns from Oregon, Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina. It notes gunplay and fraud allegations, the creation of the Electoral Commission, and Hayes's 1877 inauguration. It also references 1884's New York vote tally and Cleveland’s eventual lead.
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Sherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Thden
Tilden
New York Times
Hayes
Grover Cleveland
James G. Blaine
New York State
John Y. McKane
Bose
Coney Island
Cleveland
Gravesend
Oregon
Louisiana
Florida
South Carolina
South
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Supreme Court
Electoral Commission
Edmunds
Morton
Relinghuysen
Thurman
Bayard
Payne, Hunton
Abbott
Harfield and Hoar
Clifford and Field
Strong and Miller
Democratic House
United States
New York
Vasa
New York County