Map: The Collapse of Reconstruction: The Contested Election of 1876

Contested Election of 1876

Map: The Collapse of Reconstruction: The Contested Election of 1876

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The City University of New York provides a map that illustrates the results of the presidential election of 1876, accompanied by some contextual and background information. The highly disputed election resulted in the Compromise of 1877, in which the federal government pulled the U.S. troops out of the South, and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was granted the presidency over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.

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