Papers, 1876-1879.
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Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
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Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in the disputed election of 1876. Tilden is the only individual to win an outright majority of the popular vote in a United States presidential election but lose the election. Tilden was born into a wealthy family in New Lebanon, New York. Attracted to politics at a young age, he became a protégé of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States. Af...
United States. Electoral Commission (1877)
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Parris, Edward Louden, 1837-1921
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Lawyer; served as assistant U.S. district attorney in New York; involved in the conviction of William M. Tweed; after the disputed election of 1876 retained as counsel for Samuel J. Tilden and sent to Florida to advise in the matter of contested elections in several counties; counsel before U.S. Electoral Commission which decided the contest in 1877 by an 8-7 decision; from 1884-1893 continued as assistant U.S. district attorney for the City of New York; later served as Commissioner of Taxes and...
Florida. Board of State Canvassers
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