1876 election
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- Rutherford Hayes Republican Party
- Samuel Tilden Democratic Party
- Who won the election
- Governor of Ohio, a champion of political reform. Hayes had a reputation for honesty and held moderate views on reconstruction.
- What was the compromise of 1877?
- New York governor, had a national name for fighting political corruption in New York City.
- Hayes won the election with 8 to 7 votes to give 20 disputed votes for him to win.
- A deal was made in favor of the south to withdraw all remaining troops and let the south maintain African American rights on their own.
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