Samuel Jones Tilden was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden as a young man
Campaign poster for the election of 1876
Tilden
Democratic Party (United States)
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