His later life saw his reputation seriously harmed by the publication of the "Cipher Dispatches" by the New York Tribune.
His later life saw his reputation seriously harmed by the publication of the "Cipher Dispatches" by the New York Tribune. A key moment hindering his politcal career occured when Justice Joseph Bradley replaced Senator David Davis of Illinois in a committee. In 1866 he was named chairman of the New York Democratic Party, where he took on the Boss Tweed led Tammany Hall and he took on the corrupt Canal Ring as governor of the state. However, running with Indiana Senator Thomas Hendricks, he may be most famous for an event which saw controversy in several southern states as well as Oregon, whose outcome was largely due to a Republican controlled commission and ended with a compromise that effectively brought Reconstruction to an end. FTP, identify this politician who controversially lost the 1876 election to Rutherford B. Hayes.
His later life saw his reputation seriously harmed by the publication of the "Cipher Dispatches" by the New York Tribune.
Samuel J. {Tilden}