The election followed the Constitution and went to the House of Representatives to be decided.
However a deal was made that the Republicans would end reconstruction in the South and remove the last Federal troops if Hayes was elected.
The Supreme Court decide the presidential election.
The Election of 1876; between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden.
No. Presidential election years are divisible by four. 1872 and 1876 saw presidential elections but not 1870.
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To settle the 1876 presidential election
Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Samuel Tilden. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Horatio Seymour. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1872 presidential election defeating Horace Greeley.
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Hayes in 1876.
Republican Party candidate Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Samuel Tilden.
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The president's election that marked the end of Reconstruction was Rutherford Hayes. It was during the Presidential Election of 1876.
It ended Reconstruction because it led to the Compromise of 1877.