Rio Blanco presidential election, 1876

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Rio Blanco presidential election, 1876
Template:Country data Rio Blanco
1 August 1876 (first round)
4 August 1876 (second round)		 1880 →

  File:Edwin Lanceton.jpg File:Henry Campbell Coss.jpg
Nominee Edwin Lanceton Henry Campbell Coss Virgil Staunton
Party Conservatives of Rio Blanco Conservatives of Rio Blanco Liberty Party of Rio Blanco
Electoral vote 36 10 4
Popular vote 25,200 7,000 2,800
Percentage 72% 20% 8%
President before election

John Long Routt

 Elected President

Edwin Lanceton

The 1876 presidential election of Rio Blanco took place on 4 August 1876, to elect the president of Rio Blanco. In this election, two voting methods were used:

  • In the first round, a council of 50 men (the Major Councillors) voted;
  • In the second round, 35,000 people voted.

Lt. Gen. Edwin Lanceton (Home Guard Party) was elected first President of the new country. After the election, Henry C. Coss and his supporters split from the Home Guard Party and created the Constitution Party, still active today.

Candidates

Home Guard

The newly-constituted Home Guard Party saw an internal division between Lanceton and Coss.

Issue Lanceton Coss
Make Spanish a co-official language No Yes
Make Rio Blanco a confessional state No Yes
Apply death penalty Yes No
Allow women to vote and run for political offices No Yes (voting only)
Apply conscription Yes No
Give autonomy to states Yes No

Lancetonian faction

  • Edwin Lanceton (with Montrose Garner as running mate)
  • John Hillinker (with Thomas Adlai Ross as running mate)
  • James Headland (with Stuart Sunderland as running mate)

Cossian faction

  • Henry Campbell Coss (with Samuel Hooker as running mate)
  • Adam St. Andrew (with Clifford Skyler as running mate)

Liberty

  • Virgil Staunton (with Nicholas Kempler as running mate)

Independents

  • Humbertus Mastelroy
  • Richard Foxborough
  • Julian Dimmel

First round (1 August)

Candidate (Party) Councillors
Edwin Lanceton/Montrose Garner (HG) 36
Henry Campbell Coss/Thomas A. Ross (HG) 10
Virgil Staunton/Nicholas Kempler (L) 4
Humbertus Mastelroy 0
Richard Foxborough 0
Julian Dimmel 0
Invalid/Blank votes 0

Second round (4 August)

Candidate (Party) % of voters
Edwin Lanceton/Montrose Garner (HG) 72
Henry Campbell Coss/Thomas A. Ross (HG) 20
Virgil Staunton/Nicholas Kempler (L) 8
Humbertus Mastelroy (Ind.) 0 (Eliminated)
Richard Foxborough (Ind.) 0 (Eliminated)
Julian Dimmel/Tiberius McClennan (Ind.) 0 (Eliminated)
Invalid/Blank votes 0
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