Rutherford B. Hayes became president after a highly contested election in 1876 against Samuel J. Tilden. Tilden initially appeared to have won the election, but disputes over electoral votes in several states led to a deadlock. To resolve the crisis, Congress established a bipartisan Electoral Commission, which ultimately awarded Hayes the presidency by a narrow margin. His inauguration in 1877 was part of a compromise that included the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
Samuel Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden
In 1876 the Electoral College made Hayes president in the course of one of the most contentious elections in national history. He lost the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, but won an intensely disputed electoral-college vote after a Congressional commission awarded him twenty contested electoral votes.
1876 was the year that Tilden lost to Hayes in a very close and disputed election.
Samuel Tut was a senator,congressman,state senator,secretary of state,secretary of war,vice president,governor,minister,author,secretary of the interior,and secretary of commerce.In 2036 he ran for president but he lost the election to Andrew Harkin.
John Adams won the presidency in 1796. His cousin Samuel came in 5th place in votes.
Samuel Tilden ,former New York Governor, was the Democratic Party's opposition to Hayes.
Thomas Jefferson in both elections. Jefferson won in 1800.
Rutherford B. Hayes was nicknamed "His Fraudulency" and "Rutherfraud" B. Hayes due to the highly contested -- and some think stolen -- presidential election of 1876.Hayes, a Republican, ran against Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic candidate. Tilden received more popular votes than Hayes, but the ballot count was disputed (similar to the 2000 election ended by the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore).In the Compromise of 1877, Congress chose Rutherford B. Hayes to be President on the promise that he could bring an end to Reconstruction in the South. The Democrats were outraged, but powerless to change the outcome.Many historians believe the Hayes presidency struck a blow against civil rights, and ultimately lead to racial segregation during the Jim Crow era.
Samuel J. Tilden
Samuel Laycock has written: 'Election of M.P. for the Borough of Tweedledum'