This election saw the builder of the first American steam locomotive, Peter Cooper, run as the first presidential candidate of the Greenback Party.
This election saw the builder of the first American steam locomotive, Peter Cooper, run as the first presidential candidate of the Greenback Party. One political cartoon of this election depicts Roscoe Conkling as Mephistopheles, and was drawn by Thomas Nast. One Bourbon Democrat in this election was opposed by John Kelly, the leader of Tammany Hall, and as Governor of New York, had earlier opposed William Tweed. In this election, electoral votes from Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina were under dispute. For 10 points, name this election that ended Reconstruction and saw Samuel Tilden defeated by Rutherford Hayes.
This election saw the builder of the first American steam locomotive, Peter Cooper, run as the first presidential candidate of the Greenback Party.
Election of 1876 