 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 488 pages
...House of Representatives, and five from the Supreme Court, and their judgment should be final. Tbe Commission decided that the votes of the disputed States should be counted for Hayes. 232. William M. Evarts. 233. He withdrew all US troops from the state-houses of States formerly... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - Examinations - 1887 - 360 pages
...House of Representatives, and five from the Supreme Court, and their judgment should be final. The Commission decided that the votes of the disputed States should be counted for Hayes. 232. William M. Evarta. 233. He withdrew all US troops from the state-houses of States formerly... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - World history - 1893 - 568 pages
...referred the cases of the disputed States to an Electoral Commission, or arbitration tribunal, composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. This bill was speedily passed by overwhelming majorities of both Houses of Congress, and received the President's... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett - United States - 1894 - 188 pages
...points in dispute to a commission created by Congress and known as the Electoral Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. This Commission decided by a vote of eight to seven in favor of the Republican electors, and Hayes was declared elected by... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 466 pages
...therefore, Congress was confronted with the question, it appointed an Electoral Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives and five justices of the Supreme Court. This commission was devised by Democrats, and was supported chiefly by that party. Four of the justices were designated... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 474 pages
...therefore, Congress was confronted with the question, it appointed an Electoral Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives and five justices of the Supreme Court. This commission was devised by Democrats, and was supported chiefly by that party. Four of the justices were designated... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 466 pages
...therefore, Congress was confronted with the question, it appointed an Electoral Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives and five justices of the Supreme Court. This com* mission was devised by Democrats, and was supported chiefly by that party. Four of the justices... | |
 | Thomas Francis Donnelly - United States - 1919 - 268 pages
...and Florida. For several months the question was a burning one in Congress and among the people ; but Congress finally agreed to refer the matter to a commission...declared elected by a majority of one electoral vote. New State. — Colorado was admitted to the Union as a State, in 1876. HAYES' ADMINISTRATION. (OSTE... | |
 | William H. Bartlett - United States - 1920 - 206 pages
...points in dispute to a commission created by Congress and known as the Electoral Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. This Commission decided by a vote of eight to seven in favor of the Republican electors, and Hayes was declared elected by... | |
 | Edgar Eugene Robinson - Political parties - 1924 - 416 pages
...returns, Congress created an Electoral Commission to pass upon the matter. Its membership was to comprise five Senators, five Representatives and five Justices of the Supreme Court. This resulted in an alignment of eight Republicans and seven Democrats." Its decision, accepting in every... | |
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... had a Republican majority, the House a Democratic majority. There were many difficulties in the way of Congress coming to a satisfactory decision. Only a compromise could prevent a deadlock. When, therefore, Congress was confronted with the question,... 