Who did Hayes run against in the 1876 presidential election?
Samuel J. Tilden
Ulysses S. Grant
James A. Garfield
Horace Greeley
Answer
In the 1876 presidential election, Rutherford B. Hayes ran against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. The election was highly contentious, with Hayes losing the popular vote but winning the electoral vote through the Compromise of 1877.
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