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Samuel J. Tilden
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Samuel J. Tilden
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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