Four presidents won the electoral vote while losing the popular vote: John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison and George W. Bush.
No- he lost in popular vote by about 2%.
The pledge that the United States President Rutherford Hayes made was not to seek a re election.
The president's election that marked the end of Reconstruction was Rutherford Hayes. It was during the Presidential Election of 1876.
After the election of 1876, federal troops were removed from the South. Rutherford Hayes became president. The South was now controlled by Democratic Redeemers who disenfranchised black voters.
Rutherford B. Hayes
In 1872, Hayes lost his run for a seat in Congress. In 1876 he was elected President.
Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Tilden 4,288,546 and Hayes 4,034,311. The electoral votes of 4 States were disputed. Congress referred the matter to the Electoral Commission which gave the decision to Rutherford B. Hayes.
President Rutherford B. Hayes was not assassinated
The president was John Quincy Adams; the year was 1824.
Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Tilden 4,288,546 and Hayes 4,034,311. The electoral votes of 4 States were disputed. Congress referred the matter to the Electoral Commission which gave the decision to Rutherford B. Hayes.
The Disputed Election of 1876. The only president elected by congressional Comission.
Republic Party candidate Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Tilden 4,288,546 and Hayes 4,034,311.
Republican Party candidate Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Samuel Tilden. William Wheeler, Rutherford Hayes' running mate, was elected vice president.