1868
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Reconstruction
Republican rule and contested returns.
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Reconstruction
1868
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant's popular vote margin came largely from newly enfranchised Black Southern voters
Reconstruction1872
Ulysses S. Grant
Nominee Horace Greeley died before electoral votes were cast; his 66 EV scattered among others
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