What was the name of the bipartisan commission appointed by Congress to settle the 1876 election controversy?
Electoral Commission
Election Committee
Presidential Commission
Voting Commission
Answer
To settle the 1876 election controversy, Congress appointed the bipartisan Electoral Commission. Republicans had a one-seat advantage on the commission, and they decided in a series of party-line rulings that Hayes had won all of the disputed electoral votes.
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