What was the significance of the 1876 election?

The main significance of the 1876 election in American history was that it was the closest election of all time, which only roughly 20 votes being uncounted and the popular and electoral votes being almost perfectly tied. 

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.