What impact did the Election of 1876 have on the United States of America?

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What impact did the Election of 1876 have on the United States of America?

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Alden · Answer 1

The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes' 165, with 20 votes uncounted.

Zion Bell · Answer 2

Basically, the election put an end to the Reconstruction movement.