Samuel Tilden received more votes but not enough for a decisive win. it went to the Nouse of Representatives, in an unwritten compromise. Rutherford B. Hayes was given the presisidency in return for the Republicans agreeing to end Reconstruction in the soutn.
tell me if im wrong but i believe we have had more republican presidents.
Abolition and other movements
<span>The elections were held on 8th November 1988 and </span>Vice
President George H. W. Bush<span> won
that election becoming the 41st President of the United States of
America.</span> George H. W. Bush professed very
sturdy support for Reaganomics. As it was obvious in his 1988 presidential campaign
when amid that Bush defended the conservative faith when he pronounced:
"Read my lips: No new taxes."