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Why did the Republicans need the Democrats' help to put Rutherford B. Hayes into the Presidency?

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Safe liberalism, party loyalty, and a good war record made Hayes an acceptable Republican candidate in 1876. He opposed Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York.

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