AMH 2020 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Tammany Hall, Chester A. Arthur, James A. Garfield
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A political faction of the united states republican party in the late 19th century. were a moderate-wing group, -the opponents of the stalwarts, the other main faction of the republican. Election of 1876 one of the most disputed presidential elections in american history. York outpolled ohio"s rutherford b. hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to. Compromise of 1877 a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 u. s. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the south, and ended the reconstruction. "swing states" a us state where the two major political parties have similar levels of support among voters, viewed as important in determining the overall result of a presidential election. Tammany hall was a new york city political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on may 12, 1789, as the tammany society. William tweed: started out as a fireman in the lower east side of manhattan.