Thomas A. Hendricks, the governor-elect of Indiana, received the majority: 42 electoral votes.[485][486]

^ The day after his Inauguration, Grant wrote a letter to Colfax expressing his faith and trust in Colfax's integrity and allowed him to publish the letter, but the effort only served to compromise Grant's reputation.[491]

^ Thomas W. Ferry, President pro tempore of the Senate, was first in line in the United States presidential line of succession from November 22, 1875 to March 4, 1877.[493]

^ The gold standard and deflation economy remained in effect into the mid-1890s.[496]

^ Grant and Delano, his second Secretary of Interior, were third cousins.[505]

^ The 1879 date was more distant than Grant had hoped, but the knowledge that paper money would soon be worth its face value in gold drove them towards parity before the bill took effect. The country was still not on the gold standard, with silver coins remaining lawful currency.[509]

^ William McGarrahan claimed ownership of a lucrative California quicksilver mine under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department. Cox, who worked the mine believed McGarrahan was a "fraudulent claimant."Grant wanted the dispute settled by Congress.