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United States presidential election of 1876: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date November 7, 1876
Location United States
Context Greenback movement • Reconstruction

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Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
U.S. presidential election of 1876: Tilden/Hendricks campaign broadsheet
Campaign pennant
Electoral Commission of 1877
Hayes and Wheeler campaign literature
Samuel J. Tiden
Map of the United States showing the results of the 1876 presidential election by state. States won by Hayes (Republican) are shaded in red, and states won by Tilden (Democratic) are shaded in blue. Each state displays its electoral vote count. Hayes won with 185 electoral votes, while Tilden received 184.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
president of United States
James G. Blaine
James G. Blaine
American politician
Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper
American inventor and manufacturer
Samuel Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden
American politician
Conkling, Roscoe
Roscoe Conkling
American politician
Hendricks, Thomas
Thomas A. Hendricks
vice president of United States
Morton, Oliver H.P.T.
Oliver H. P. T. Morton
American politician
Wheeler, William
William A. Wheeler
vice president of United States
Bristow
Benjamin Helm Bristow
United States official

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