 | Willis Fletcher Johnson, Ray B. Smith - 1920 - 154 pages
...Senate and the Democratic House, under which a special Electoral Commission was constituted, consisting of five Senators, five Representatives and five Justices of the Supreme Court to pass upon the whole matter and declare the result of the election. This commission contained eight... | |
 | Nathaniel Wright Stephenson, Martha Tucker Stephenson - United States - 1921 - 674 pages
...the election. To settle the matter an electoral commission was appointed by Congress; it consisted of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. Eight members of the commission were Republicans ; seven were Democrats. The commission decided only... | |
 | Ray Burdick Smith - New York (State) - 1922 - 542 pages
...counting the votes, which on January 18, 1877, reported the Electoral commission bill. It provided for a commission composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court, to CARL SCHURZ Carl Schurz; born in Liblar, Germany, March 2, 1829; pursued classical studies; came... | |
 | Ray Burdick Smith - New York (State) - 1922 - 590 pages
...committed the matter to an extra-constitutional tribunal called the Electoral commission, consisting of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. That body, though created for a purely judicial purpose, divided uniformly on party lines, eight Republicans... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg, Perley Orman Ray - Local government - 1922 - 862 pages
...was repealed, and after much controversy an extra-legal body — an electoral commission consisting of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court — was created to examine into and decide the several disputes. The commission included eight Republicans... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - United States - 1923 - 634 pages
...war over the matter, but Congress decided to leave the decision to a commission of fifteen, made up of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. By a vote of eight to seven they decided the election in favor of Hayes, two days before the time for... | |
 | David Sheldon Barry - Presidents - 1924 - 392 pages
...toil and trouble, commencing in December following the election, the bill was passed and a commission of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court was formed to sit and hear the evidence as to the election results in the disputed States, the essential... | |
 | Arthur Meier Schlesinger - United States - 1925 - 622 pages
...necessary. Accordingly, a law was passed on January 29, 1877, to create a special "Electoral Commission" of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court, the fifth Justice to be chosen by the four named in the law. The Commission's decisions on disputed returns... | |
 | Ralph Volney Harlow - United States - 1925 - 910 pages
...pass on all returns concerning which the two houses could not agree. This commission was to consist of five Senators, five Representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. A bill for this purpose was passed and signed. The Senate named two Democrats and three Republicans,... | |
 | Frederic Jennings Haskin - Questions and answers - 1926 - 512 pages
...complexion of the Supreme Court? BOP A. The Commission created to settle the famous Tilden-Hayes contest was composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. When this plan was agreed to, chance favored the Democrats, owing to the composition of the Supreme... | |
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Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. The result was the election of Mr. 
