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Elections of 1876 and 1936

Elections of 1876 and 1936. By Jonathon Greene. Election of 1876. The Election of 1876 involved Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican Governor of Ohio and Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic Governor of New York. . Rutherford B. Hayes. Governor of Ohio Proud Military General for the Union Army

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Elections of 1876 and 1936

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  1. Elections of 1876 and 1936 By Jonathon Greene

  2. Election of 1876 The Election of 1876 involved Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican Governor of Ohio and Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic Governor of New York.

  3. Rutherford B. Hayes Governor of Ohio Proud Military General for the Union Army Republican Candidate Hayes VP was William Wheeler Hayes was not the first Republican choice

  4. Samuel J. Tilden Governor of New York Bourbon Democrat Chairman of the Democratic State Committee He was a corruption fighter. Success as governor earned him the Presidential Nomination

  5. The Controversies Reconstruction Black Rights Corruption Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina Party Control Hard Economic Times

  6. Stances Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel J. Tilden • Protection of Black Rights • Reform of the Civil Service • Continued Reconstruction in the South • Continued Military involvement in Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana • “Vote as you shot” • Segregation of Blacks • Reconstruction of the south should be ended • Military involvement in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana • “End corruption”

  7. Election Results • Tilden won the popular vote. • Tilden won the electoral vote with 184 votes and Hayes with 165. • 20 votes were un-counted.

  8. Controversy Each candidate claimed that they won Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. The Republican voters of these three states were subject to racial threats. Electoral Commission put in place. Hayes elected through the Compromise of 1877.

  9. The Election of 1936 The Election of 1936 involved incumbent Democratic President, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican Governor of Kansas, Alfred Landon.

  10. Franklin D. Roosevelt Incumbent President Democratic Economic Activist Was Governor of New York “New Deal”

  11. Alfred Landon Governor of Kansas Republican Served in Army during WWI Against “New Deal”

  12. The Controversies • Depression • Reform • “New Deal” • Party Control • Economic Regulation • Role on the world stage

  13. Stances Franklin D. Roosevelt Alfred Landon • Government Economic Intervention • For Pension Funds • Wants the U.S. To hold a strong role in the world. • Wants to continue previous government activities. • Thinks the market should control the Economy, not the Government • Against Pension Funds and the “New Deal” • Believes strongly in Isolationism • Wants to stop previous government activates such as the “New Deal”

  14. Election Results • FDR the unanimous winner • One of the largest landslides in American History • FDR carried every state but Maryland and Vermont

  15. Comparison of Issues • Hard Economic Times • Role of Government • Reconstruction

  16. Contrasts of Issues • Different types of Victory • Different types of Issues wanted • Pretty much everything else

  17. Citation • http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1936PresElect.jpg • http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/content/images/Election_of_1876/donkey1.jpg • http://guilhermefonseca.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/rutherford-b-hayes_l.jpg • http://www.pdaohio.org/images/Rbhayes.jpg • http://www.nationalartsclub.org/about/Samuel_Tilden.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/SamuelJTilden.png • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/FDR_in_1933.jpg • http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/day-of-infamy/images/fdr-signing-declaration.gif • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/LandonPortr.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/LandonTIME.jpg

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