Rutherford B. Hayes

摘要

In one of the nation's most controversial elections, Republicans happily waved the "bloody shirt" again in 1876, portraying Democrats as the Rebel party. Samuel J. Tilden, governor of New York, had been a Democrat since before the war and had past ties to Tammany Hall. But he had gained fame as a reformer while governor. What he hadn't done was serve in the military during the war.