Hayes, Rutherford B. & Lucy W. Hayes. Partly-printed Document Signed while Governor of Ohio and two weeks before being elected President, one page, 16¾ x 12½ in., Sandusky County, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1876. A Warranty Deed by which Rutherford and Lucy Hayes of Sandusky, Ohio received $237 from Henry Bowlus, Hanson A Bowlus, Edward Deermer, and John A. Engart, partners in the firm of H. Bowlus & Co., for a lot of land in the city of Fremont, Ohio. Light toning, normal folds, one passing through the "h" in "Rutherford", and a couple of small pinholes at folds. Boldly signed by the soon-to-be President and First Lady.
In the 1876 election, in which Hayes ran against New York Governor Samuel Tilden, no victor emerged on Election Day. Tilden had 184 electoral votes, one short of a majority; Hayes had 166, then 165 after one of Oregon's electors was disqualified. There were 19 disputed votes from Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida, and one from Oregon, and the winner of those 20 electoral votes would be President. The contest was decided on March 2, 1877, two days before Inauguration Day, by an Electoral Commission which awarded the votes to Hayes after he agreed to end military Reconstruction.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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