[DOC] [TLE] COUNTING THE VOTE: THE HISTORY; President Tilden? No, but ... [PAR] Nov 12, 2000 ... With no television back then -- no less an Internet -- to spew forth ... He had 
someone contact The New York Times to ask for the paper's latest ... Tilden was 
safely ahead in the popular vote by a margin of about 250,000 votes. ... that, 
among other things, stipulated that if Hayes became president, he would... [DOC] [TLE] United States presidential election, 1876 - Wikipedia [PAR] Elected President. Rutherford B. Hayes  Republican. The United States 
presidential election of 1876 was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, ... 
After a first count of votes, Tilden won 184 electoral votes to Hayes's 165, with 20 
... in which a candidate for president received more than 50 percent of the 
popular vote, but... [DOC] [TLE] Hayes vs. Tilden: The Electoral College Controversy - HarpWeek ... [PAR] He had won his home state, the swing states of Connecticut, New Jersey, and ... 
Its second edition gave Hayes 181 electoral votes, with Florida too close to call. ... 
4,284,020 (51%) to Hayes's 4,036,572 (48%), a margin of less than 250,000. The 
only thing that mattered, though, was the Electoral College count, and there,... [DOC] [TLE] Compromise of 1877 - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com [PAR] Immediately after the presidential election of 1876, it became clear that the ... the 
Democrats chose as their candidate Governor Samuel B. Tilden of New York, 
while ... By midnight, Tilden had 184 of the 185 electoral votes he needed to win, 
and was ... When Davis refused to serve, the moderate Republican Justice 
Joseph... [DOC] [TLE] From Stuffed Ballot Boxes in 187 - McKendree University [PAR] He then predicted that in the South the amendments will be nullified, ... of his 
contested presidential election through the Compromise of 1877. ... Democratic 
Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York to vie for the presidency. .... Thus the 
runner-up in the popular vote became the president with 264,292 fewer votes 
than his... [DOC] [TLE] Full Page/Print - Booknotes [PAR] He was elected twice, but he didn't serve two full terms, and then he became ... 
politics and to a large extent, after the end of Reconstruction, after 1877. ... LAMB: 
And Rutherford B. Hayes was President for how long? ..... HOOGENBOOM: There
, Tilden had one vote -- was certain of one vote less than he needed for election. [DOC] [TLE] 7 Presidential Facts About Rutherford B. Hayes | Mental Floss [PAR] Oct 29, 2015 ... The 19th president, Rutherford B. Hayes, is a member of the latter camp, but ... In 
1876 he ran for president against New York Governor Samuel J. Tilden, and ... he 
would soon be making a concession speech, though he had ... Hayes was 
elected with about 250,000 fewer popular votes than Tilden and was... [DOC] [TLE] Early USA History (Unit III_2) [PAR] The North had to attack, and that is a harder than defending. ... He was president 
of a military college in Alexandria, Louisiana (now Louisiana State University)... [DOC] [TLE] Page 1  me int Of the Ballots Which candidate had won? In 1876 ... [PAR] days, a new President would their own gain the postwar ... Samuel J. Tilden ran 
against - - - - MBER 8, 1876 Grant. ... who had won fewer popu- assured black 
males the right to vote. showed Tilden on top. ... thinking he was a loser, Hayes 
wrote ... ular-vote winner by more than 250,000 votes. But the all-important 
electoral-. [DOC] [TLE] History - Vermont Historical Society [PAR] of appointed electors, rather than the votes of the people, elect the. President. 
Despite ... argued that the President of the Senate had sole authority to count. ... 
Hayes of Ohio and his Democratic opponent was Samuel J. Tilden of. New York. 
.... March, 1876, when he and a few other people became concerned over the 
lack of... [DOC] [TLE] Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President

Question: Though he had 250,000 fewer votes than Samuel J. Tilden, he became president in 1877
Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes