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The American Political Almanac
RECONSTRUCTION & THE GILDED AGETHE SYSTEM OF 1896THE NEW DEAL ORDERTHE LONG REALIGNMENTPOLARIZED ERA1868RRRRD1888RDRRR1908RDDRR1928RDDDD1948DRRDD1968RRDRR1988RDDRR2008DDRD2024R
Samuel J. Tilden

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Democrat · 1814–1886

Samuel J. Tilden

Governor of New York · member of the New York State Assembly

Samuel Jones Tilden was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.

On the Ballot

One presidential run
1876Lost50.9% of the vote · 184 EV · v. Rutherford B. Hayes

Strongest counties, 1876

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Greene, AR100.0%570
Bulloch, GA100.0%1,006
Columbia, GA100.0%526
Elbert, GA100.0%871
Lincoln, GA100.0%546

Weakest counties, 1876

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Hamilton, NE4.6%668
Yellow Medicine, MN6.4%573
Winnebago, IA7.3%537
Chippewa, MN7.4%701
Pope, MN9.1%854