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What was the significance of the presidential election of 1876?

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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.

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It ended Reconstruction because it led to the Conprimise of 1877. -gradpoint

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