This man ordered the indictment of the leaders of the (*) Canal Ring as Governor of New York and, on the behalf of the Committee of Seventy, busted Boss Tweed.
This man's namesake commission issued a report that proposed limiting participation in some municipal elections on the basis of property ownership. John Bigelow wrote a biography of this man after managing his best-known political campaign. This man denied having sent the Cipher Dispatches and bequeathed four million dollars to a trust that helped establish the original New York City Public Library. This man ordered the indictment of the leaders of the (*) Canal Ring as Governor of New York and, on the behalf of the Committee of Seventy, busted Boss Tweed. For 10 points, name this man who won the popular vote in the 1876 presidential election, but was denied the presidency by an eight-to-seven vote of the Electoral Commission.
This man's namesake commission issued a report that proposed limiting participation in some municipal elections on the basis of property ownership.
Samuel Jones Tilden