Question

How did party leaders resolve the disputed election of rutherford

Answer 1

They made the Resolve by approving both through the Compromise of 1877 .
The comrpomise of 1877 was enacted in order to pull the last southern troops and oficially began the Construction era in United States.
The compromise marked the creation of the Elecoral comission that benefir the Democratic party in the next election.

Answer 2

The very disputed election of Rutherford B. Hayes as the 19th President of the United States was solved by the party leaders in a basic compromise by which the Republicans agreed to withdraw the troops from the South and the Southern Democrats agreed to accept Hayes as President.