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Aug 9, 2024 · Tilden, who had prosecuted machine politicians in New York and sent the legendary political boss William M. Tweed to jail, ran as a reform candidate against the background of the corruption of the Grant administration. Both parties backed civil service reform.
- Ohio
- Republican
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- William A. Wheeler
Aug 19, 2024 · United States presidential election of 1876, disputed American presidential election held on November 7, 1876, in which Republican Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 19, 2024 · United States presidential election of 1876 - Disputed Vote, Electoral Commission, Compromise: On election day Tilden led Hayes by more than 260,000 votes and appeared on the verge of winning an electoral college majority, having swept much of the South; he also won the border states and several states in the northeast, including his home state ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 30, 2024 · The Electoral Commission was created in 1877 by Congress to resolve the disputed U.S. presidential election of 1876 between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. It named Hays president.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16 hours ago · Democratic nominee Samuel J. Tilden won a majority of the popular vote, but an Electoral Commission declared Hayes the winner of the Electoral College by a single vote in a disputed election, and Hayes was therefore elected president.
- Allan J. Lichtman
- 1996
1 day ago · Daniel Manning, a key New York adviser for Cleveland as well as a close ally of Samuel Tilden, became the Secretary of the Treasury. Another New Yorker, the prominent financier William C. Whitney , was appointed Secretary of the Navy.
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