Samuel J. Randall
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Samuel Jackson Randall was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served a
Randall c. 1865–80
Michael C. Kerr defeated Randall in the election for Speaker in 1875, but died in 1876.
The Electoral Commission decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.
Many House Democrats preferred Joseph Blackburn to Randall as the Democrats' choice for Speaker.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1880. The Republican ticket of Representative James A. Garfield of Ohio and New York Republican Party chairman Chester A. Arthur de
Samuel J. Randall
…United States House of Representatives from 1876 to 1881. He was a contender for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States in 1880 and 1884. Born in Philadelphia to a family active in Whig politics, Randall shifted to the Democratic Party after the Whigs' demise. His rise in politics…
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Rutherford B. Hayes, the incumbent president in 1880, whose term expired on March 4, 1881
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