What happened to the popular vote in the 1876 presidential election?
Hayes won
Hayes and Wheeler lost it
It was a tie
The results were destroyed
Answer
Hayes and Wheeler won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote in the 1876 presidential election. The election was extremely close, with Hayes winning by just one electoral vote. The results were disputed, and a special commission was appointed to resolve the issue. The commission ultimately awarded the presidency to Hayes, despite him losing the popular vote.
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