Samuel J. Tilden
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| 25th Governor of New York | |
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In office January 1, 1875 – December 31, 1876 |
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| Lieutenant | William Dorsheimer |
| Preceded by | John Adams Dix |
| Succeeded by | Lucius Robinson |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the New York County, 18th district |
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In office January 1, 1872 – December 31, 1872 |
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| Preceded by | Leander Buck |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Biglin |
| Chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee | |
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In office August 1866 – September 1874 |
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| Preceded by | Dean Richmond |
| Succeeded by | Allen C. Beach |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the New York County, at-large district |
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In office January 1, 1846 – December 31, 1846 |
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Samuel Jones Tilden February 9, 1814 New Lebanon, New York, US |
| Died | August 4, 1886 (aged 72) Yonkers, New York, US |
| Resting place | Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, New York Gov. Samuel J. Tilden Monument |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Yale University, NYU |
| Profession | Politician, lawyer |
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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.
Born and raised in New Lebanon, New York, Tilden came from a family that was well off and well known as a maker of patent medicines. He studied at Yale University and New York University School of Law, and became an attorney in New York City in 1841. A Democrat in politics, he became a skilled practitioner of corporate and railroad law, and also served as New York City's corporation counsel and a member of the New York State Assembly in the 1840s.
During the years prior to the American Civil War, Tilden counseled patience and compromise with the Southern states on the slavery question. Once the war began, he supported the Union, but was also critical of Abraham Lincoln's wartime administration.
As chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee after the war, Tilden initially worked well with the party's Tammany Hall faction, but broke with them over the corruption of the Tweed Ring. After serving again in the state Assembly, Tilden was elected Governor of New York in 1874. In 1876 he was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. He lost to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in a disputed election, with Democrats conceding the presidency in part for the Republican promise to end Reconstruction.
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