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Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Tilden 4,288,546 and Hayes 4,034,311. The electoral votes of 4 States were disputed. Congress referred the matter to the Electoral Commission which gave the decision to Rutherford B. Hayes.

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Rutherford B. Hayes was the one with one more vote in his election.

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Rutherford Hayes won by a vote of 185 to 184 in 1876

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Hayes was declared to have done so, after a hotly disputed election in 1876.

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President Hayes 1876

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The president was Hayes.

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