Good stuff Chris. In the second example, things seemed to work according to the Constitution, even though you weren’t happy with the outcome. In the first example, the result would be the same no matter who was eventually elected. If Tilden was elected, he would have removed federal troops. So the backroom deal made sense for the Republicans: they got the Presidency, and they only gave up what they would have lost anyway.
My issue was in 1824, Henry Clay effectively determined who the president would be. I'm not that has never happened before, or since, it's just when you have the Speaker of the House sending votes to someone else while giving themselves a raise, that's an issue.
As for the Republicans in 1876, what I don't understand is the idea that black Republicans were being denied their right to vote and they way the federal government was able to enforce it was through the Reconstruction, but for whatever reason, the party was fine selling out those same black Republicans to get the WH and effectively end any progress that were making in the first decade post Civil War.
Also, Uncle Jack, I hope you had a nice birthday! :)
Good stuff Chris. In the second example, things seemed to work according to the Constitution, even though you weren’t happy with the outcome. In the first example, the result would be the same no matter who was eventually elected. If Tilden was elected, he would have removed federal troops. So the backroom deal made sense for the Republicans: they got the Presidency, and they only gave up what they would have lost anyway.
My issue was in 1824, Henry Clay effectively determined who the president would be. I'm not that has never happened before, or since, it's just when you have the Speaker of the House sending votes to someone else while giving themselves a raise, that's an issue.
As for the Republicans in 1876, what I don't understand is the idea that black Republicans were being denied their right to vote and they way the federal government was able to enforce it was through the Reconstruction, but for whatever reason, the party was fine selling out those same black Republicans to get the WH and effectively end any progress that were making in the first decade post Civil War.
Also, Uncle Jack, I hope you had a nice birthday! :)