1876
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- Rutherford Hayes ______________ Party
- Samuel Tilden _________________ Party
- Who won the election? Why/What was the controversy?
- Rutherford Hayes was from Delaware, OH. Before Hayes was president he served in distinguished legal, military and congressional posts, and was governor of Ohio. He pledged to support "wise, honest, and peaceful local self-government" in the South, as well as reform of the civil service and a full return to the gold standard.
- What was the Compromise of 1877?
- Samuel Tilden was from New Lebanon, NY. He was a leader of the Free-Soil element among New York Democrats and supported the Union cause in the American Civil War. Samuel Tilden focused his campaign on civil service reform, support for the gold standard, and opposition to high taxes, but many of his supporters were more concerned with ending Reconstruction in the Southern United States.
- Rutherford Hayes won the election. The 20 disputed electoral votes were ultimately awarded to Hayes after a bitter legal and political battle, giving him the victory. Many historians believe that an informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877
- The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election. Hayes was awarded the White House on the understanding that he would remove the federal troops from South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.
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