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Bloomington judge in 1876 election shaped by Illinois moves
A Bloomington figure, U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Davis, played a pivotal role in the 1876 presidential controversy. The Illinois General Assembly elected Davis to the U.S. Senate after long balloting, with Democrats backing him amid a heated clash over Hayes versus Tilden. Davis’s election influenced the Electoral Commission dynamics and the outcome that made Hayes president.
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David Felts
Lindsay-Schaub
U. S. House of Representatives
Alabama
George C. Wallace
House of Representatives
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Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Bloomington
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South Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
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United States
Supreme Court
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Samuel F. Miller
Iowa
William Strong
Pennsylvania
Nathan Clifford
Maine
Stephen J. Field
California
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
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St. Louis
Electoral Commission
Washington
Springfield
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John A. Logan
Murphysboro
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John J. Palmer
Judge Davis
New York
Gramercy Park
Willard L. King
Lincoln
Harvard University Press
Chicago
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Joseph P. Bradley
New Jersey
U. S. Grant
U.S. Supreme Court
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