President Rutherford B. Hayes

<p><span class="deck">A loophole in the Constitution made it possible for the winner of the popular majority in 1876, Tilden, to lose to Hayes in the electoral college amid bitterness, fraud, and chicanery. It could happen again</span></p>

<p>The disputed election of "His Fraudulency" Rutherford B. Hayes ended the era of Reconstruction.</p>

<p>Most of our presidents have been avid athletes, even Taft. Could a party safely nominate an overweight and unabashed couch potato who scorned exercise?</p>

<p>To many voters—some Republicans, as well as most Democrats—Hayes' title to the presidency was a fraudulent one.</p>