...Senate. On one occasion, in 1877, Congress by special law constituted an Electoral Commission consisting of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court, who were authorized to count the votes and declare the result of the election. The Constitution says,...

...order to avoid possible civil war. The Electoral Commission Act was passed by both Houses. It created an " Electoral Commission," composed of five Senators,...Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. To this Commission all votes upon which the two Houses could not agree1 were to be referred, and its...

...order to avoid possible civil war, an electoral commission act was passed by both Houses. It created a commission composed of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. All votes on which the two • See Johnston's " History oi American Politics," pp. 214, 95, and 49....

...and a bill was passed, providing that all returns objected to by either House should be referred to a commission composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court, and that the decisions of the commission should stand unless overturned by the concurrent vote of both...

...a vote of 47 to 17, and the House by 181 to 86. The act created an electoral commission, consisting of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. Of the Supreme Court, there were Judges Clifford, Field, Miller, and Strong, who selected Judge Bradley...

...hundred and fifty soldiers, was June 25, surprised, and the entire force massacred. The 1876 war lasted into the winter of 1877, when the Sioux, with their...President, but that there should be a fair election. 9. One of the first acts of Mr. Hayes's administration was to put an end to all supervision of elections...

...commission, whose decision was to be final unless overruled by both Houses. This commission was to be composed of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. The senators and representatives, by tacit understanding, were to be evenly divided between the two parties....

...famous electoral commission was created to determine which certifitates should be counted. It consisted of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the supreme court. The gravity of the danger thus appearing made it obviously necessary that some general plan be devised...

...to this election, it may be stated that the said act provided that the • commission should consist of five senators, five representatives and five justices of the supreme court, the senators and representatives to be chosen respectively by the senate and the house of representatives....

...bill referred the cases of the disputed States to an Electoral Commission, or arbitration tribunal, composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. This bill was speedily passed by overwhelming majorities of both Houses of Congress, and received the...