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Who became president after the 1876 presidential election?
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Thaddeus Stevens
Samuel J. Tilden


Sagot :

Answer:

Rutherford B. Hayes

Explanation:

Answer: On this date, a Joint Session of the 44th Congress (1875–1877) met for the first time to count the electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election. Democrat Samuel Tilden had emerged from the close election leading Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio, just one vote shy of the 185 needed to win.