1876 DISPUTED Presidential Election Rutherford B. Hayes Victory 1877 Newspaper
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Tilden won the popular vote and initially had 184 electoral votes, just one short of the majority, while Hayes had 165. To resolve the crisis, Congress established a bipartisan Electoral Commission, which, in a strict party-line decision, awarded all disputed votes to Hayes, giving him a one-vote electoral margin and the presidency.
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Tilden won the popular vote and initially had 184 electoral votes, just one short of the majority, while Hayes had 165. To resolve the crisis, Congress established a bipartisan Electoral Commission, which, in a strict party-line decision, awarded all disputed votes to Hayes, giving him a one-vote electoral margin and the presidency.
