Presidential Controverseries By SceanieBeanie3 Jan 1, 1800 Thomas Jefferson it took six days and thirty-six ballots to break the deadlock between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr Jan 1, 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden Although both parties accused each other of corruption during the campaign, it was after the votes had been cast that the shenanigans really started. Jan 1, 1888 Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second term against Benjamin Harrison, had 93,000 more popular votes after the election in 1888. Though he lost in the Electoral College 233 to 168, according to Harper’s Weekly. New York and Indiana, which had supported Cleveland in his first election, swung to favor Harrison, who won the election, according to History television channel. Jan 1, 2000 Geaorge W. Bush Al Gore According to Eagleton, “The Court further held, by a 5 to 4 majority, that Federal election law specified a December 12 deadline for states to certify their winners, and that accordingly it was too late to allow any statewide recount remedy to proceed, even if the recount proceeded under the original standard.”The court’s decision was issued on Dec. 12. The Electoral College met the next week, and Bush received 271 votes to Gore’s 266.
