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ELECTION RESULTS:

REPUBLICANS:
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM WHEELER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 185 (50.1%)
Popular Vote: 4,033,497 (48.0%)

DEMOCRATS:
SAMUEL TILDEN (PRESIDENT)
THOMAS HENDRICKS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 184 (49.9%)
Popular Vote: 4,288,191 (51.0%)

RESOURCES:

American Presidency Project
Library of Congress
House of Representatives
UVA Miller Center
White House Historical Association
Smithsonian Magazine
Overview (Harper’s Weekly)
Cartoons (Harper’s Weekly)
Biographies (Harper’s Weekly)
The Atlantic (Oct. 1893)
The Electoral College Controversy (Harper’s Weekly)
Ohio History Central
Wikipedia

CANDIDATES:

REPUBLICANS:

RUTHERFORD B. HEAYES (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM A. WHEELER (VICE PRESIDENT)

DEMOCRATS: 

SAMUEL J. TILDEN (PRESIDENT)
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS (VICE PRESIDENT)