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Hayes Tilden Contest Shapes Modern Political Caricature
A detailed recount of the 1876 Hayes Tilden battle noting the rise of the elephant and donkey symbols by Thomas Nast, the election irregularities, disputed state returns in South Carolina Florida and Louisiana, and the electoral commission decision seating Hayes. The episode ended with Hayes's victory approved by Congress on March 8.
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Thomas Nast
Harper's Weekly
James G. Blaine
Grant
North
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Tilden
Democratic National Committee
Oregon
Louisiana
Florida
South Carolina
Hayes
Zachariah Chandler
Republican National Committee
New Orleans
Congress
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Washington
Supreme Court
J. P. Bradley
America