RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Rutherford Hayes
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Thomas Jefferson
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Abraham Lincoln
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Samuel Tilden
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876, in which Republican nominee Rutherford B. Hayes faced Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.
Detailed explanation-2: -Elected by a heavy majority, Hayes entered Congress in December 1865, troubled by the “Rebel influences … ruling the White House.” Between 1867 and 1876 he served three terms as Governor of Ohio. Safe liberalism, party loyalty, and a good war record made Hayes an acceptable Republican candidate in 1876.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tilden (Democrat) in the controversial presidential election of 1876. Although Tilden won the popular vote, he fell one vote shy of winning an Electoral College majority, with the electoral votes of Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina still in dispute, as well as one electoral vote in Oregon.