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1876: Not-so-independent tiebreaker

  • Democrat Samuel Tilden had beaten Republican Rutherford Hayes.
  • But Tilden was one Electoral College vote away from a majority of 185 votes, and four states composing a total of 20 votes, were disputing the results.
  • The two parties agreed to establish a 15-member commission, comprising of seven Republicans, seven Democrats, and an independent.
  • The independent was unexpectedly replaced by a diehard Republican who would cast every vote for Hayes, providing him the 20 votes he needed for a majority.
  • Hayes was sworn in on March 5, 1877.

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