Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9 1814 – August 4 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Presidency in the disputed election of 1876 winning a popular vote majority but ultimately being denied victory by the electoral college. A political reformer he was a Bourbon Democrat who worked closely with the New York City business community and led the fight against the corruption of Tammany Hall.
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