Five Things to Know About the 1876 Presidential Election Lawmakers are citing the 19th-century crisis as precedent to dispute the 2020 election. Here’s a closer look at its events and legacy.

In 1876, a decade after the U.S. Civil War, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes competed against Democrat Samuel Tilden in a bitterly contested presidential election.

That would be the smallest electoral-vote margin in a presidential election since 1876, when Republican Rutherford B. Hayes beat Democrat Samuel J. Tilden by one electoral vote.

An introduction to the 1876 election is featured. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville History Professor Erik Alexander provides an overview of the election and its connection to modern times.

On Thursday, April 6 at 3:00 p.m. ET, Hanks and Robinson join The Washington Post’s Kate Woodsome to discuss “How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest.” ...

There's never been a candidate quite like Donald Trump, nor an election quite like 2020's. Yet students of history have observed one surprising and very apt comparison case study: the presidential ...

Men seated around a table with a ballot box counting votes after the disputed 1876 presidential election at 'Elephant Johnnie's', a New Orleans bar and polling place, Nov. 7, 1876.

Jim Clyburn spoke about the 1876 presidential election at the end of his speech at the Aiken County Democratic Party Blue Bash held at Beverly D. Clyburn Generations Park.

Men detained on suspicion of voter fraud during the presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden argue with New York law officers in November 1876.

The possibility of Donald Trump declaring a premature victory on Election Night necessitates a look back at the contested election of 1876 and the compromise that settled it and ended Reconstruction.

The Election of 1876 Was Worse. ... Other presidential elections have been disputed over the years as well, though never challenged by a losing incumbent president as Mr. Trump has done.