By losing to the popular votes
But won the electoral votes
To protect their rights to property, natural rights as individuals, and limit their government's power over their citizens.
Answer:
3rd option
Explanation:
"An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes; in return for the Democrats' acquiescence to Hayes' election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction."
<span>Benedict Arnold.
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