Raynors HCA 2017-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/7/2017
Two pages, 23” x 17 ¾”. “Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States for Representative in Congress for the third Congressional District, and in the adoption of An Act to Incorporate Saving Banks, at a General Election held in the several towns, wards, and election precincts in the County of La Fayette, State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Money, being the seventh day of November, A.D. 1876.” Verso bears the “Statement of the County Board of Canvassers.” With gold seal of the county of La Fayette. Original folds and minor tear at bottom edge, else Fine. The 1876 election that resulted in the election of R.B. Hayes as President of the United States is seen as one of the most hotly contested elections in the history of the American nation to this very day. Second only to the disputed election of 2000, the election of 1876 was only decided following the creation of a special electoral commission. Examining and recounting the Electoral votes from a number of closely contested states, this commission was finally able to put an end to this political battle just after four a.m. on March 8, 1877, when, after completing a recount of Electoral votes from Wisconsin, it declared Hayes and Wheeler victorious.
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