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CLEP US History II

Category - SCOTUS

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The only presidential election in American history to be effectively decided by the U.S. Supreme Court was:
  1. Benjamin Harrison v. Grover Cleveland in 1888
  2. Rutherford B. Hayes v. Samuel Tilden in 1876
  3. John Quincy Adams v. Andrew Jackson in 1824
  4. George W. Bush v. Al Gore in 2000
  5. Thomas Jefferson v. John Adams in 1800
Explanation
Answer: D - The only time a presidential election has become the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case was in Bush v. Gore (2000), when a recount of ballots in Florida was ended based on the court’s ruling, thereby awarding Florida’s electoral votes and the presidency to George W. Bush. Bush’s election in 2000 marked only the fourth time in American history that the candidate who lost the popular vote won the presidency. In all three other cases (J.Q. Adams in 1824, Hayes in 1876, and Harrison in 1888), Congress was responsible for the decision that sent the popular loser to the White House.
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