# The Vote That Made the President

Author: Field, David Dudley, 1805-1894

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30231

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## Summary

At ten minutes past four o'clock on the second morning of the present month (March, 1877), the President of the Senate of the United States, in the presence of the two Houses of Congress, made this announcement: "The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for President and Vice-President of the United States is 369, of which a majority is 185. The state of the vote for President of the United States, as delivered by the tellers, and as determined under the act of Congress, approved January 29, 1877, on this subject, is: for Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, 185 votes; for Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, 184 votes;" and then, after mentioning the votes for Vice-President, he proceeded:...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-vote-that-made-the-president-30231/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-vote-that-made-the-president-30231/chapters/2/index.md)