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To: Oblomov who wrote (32809)	10/31/2000 8:29:57 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Ob- The Hays/Tilden incident could possibly qualify as a second incident...but, I have mixed feelings on that one.

To: Oblomov who wrote (32809)	10/31/2000 8:42:03 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Hey Oblomov,, Did you see the thing in the Moscow times the other day where they were gonna send a contingency to the USof A to watch over the election.. Ho ho ho-- I think it was posted on Kitco.....

To: Oblomov who wrote (32809)	11/2/2000 11:42:08 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

You got your elections mixed up...in 1884 Cleveland beat James Blaine. Blaine was a crook but had a perfect private life. Cleveland was a philanderer but had an exemplary public life. Popular vote and electoral vote both went to Cleveland. The "almost civil war" election was 1876. Tilden beat Hayes by 3 % but there were some disputed electoral votes. The House met, appointed a 15 member bi-partisan(with 1 independent) commission to resolve the dispute. Hayes' people promised the Independent member of the Commission that Hayes would pull Union troops out of the South. The commission voted 8 to 7 to give the disputed electoral votes to Hayes. 1824--Andrew Jackson won a plurality of the popular vote and a plurality of electoral votes, but not a majority. House voted and awarded the election to JQ Adams. TG