The headline in the Jan. 23, 1876, edition of the Rocky Mountain News was a calculated provocation: “Jeff Davis Elected President.” The column that followed, which purported to be a dispatch from “Nov ...
The Presidential Election of 1876 was considered a foregone conclusion, with Democrat Samuel J. Tilden sure to defeat Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, but disputed Southern electoral votes led to an ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the presidential election of 1876, the Democratic candidate (Samuel Tilden) received 50.9% of the popular vote and the ...
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