Question

During the presidential election of 1876, who received the popular vote?
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Samuel Tilden
C. Rutherford Hayes
D. Ulysses Grant

Answer 1

Tilden received 51 percent of the popular vote and carried all of the southern
states. However, Republicans claimed that the votes had been miscounted in
three southern states, which happened to be states where Republicans con-
trolled the reporting of ballots. Not surprisingly, in the recount, the Republicans
found enough mistakes to swing the election to Hayes by one electoral vote.
So I would go with B, but essentially C won.