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House of Representatives Admission Ticket An admis House of Representatives Admission Ticket

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House of Representatives Admission Ticket An admis House of Representatives Admission Ticket
<B>House of Representatives Admission Ticket</B></I><BR>An admission ticket to the Gallery of the United States House of Representatives dated March 1, 1877 for the vote counting of the Electoral College. This ticket marked one of the most dramatic moments in American political history, as the election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden had resulted in a deadlock between competing slates of electors from Oregon, South Carolina, Louisiana, and (who says history does not repeat itself) Florida. A bipartisan commission was appointed to resolve the dispute, which voted 8-7 along strict party lines to accept the votes of all of the Republican electors, awarding the Presidency to Hayes by one vote. The session this ticket pertains to was the day the House voted to accept the commission's award, which provoked a debate and mini-filibuster that was boisterous even by the standards of the time, and a session which did not end until a vote was taken at 3 A.M. the next morning, two days before the new President was to be inaugurated. The ticket comes from the Slabaugh holdings, and is the first of its kind we've had to offer. It is printed on yellow card stock and is in as new condition. Our best guess here for this marvelous piece of American history...