Samuel Jones Tilden
BIRTH 9 Feb 1814 New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, USA
DEATH 4 Aug 1886 (aged 72) Greystone, Westchester County, New York, USA
BURIAL Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, USA
[Has photographs of monument, Memorial Plaque, Person]
US Senator, New York Governor. Samuel Tilden is a forgotten figure in American History who lost the 1876 Presidential Election to Rutherford B. Hayes. The recent Bush-Gore election, and its comparisons with the Hayes-Tilden election of 1876, brought Tilden back into the public's memory. Born in New Lebanon New York, Tilden became famous as the prosecutor who put away the infamous New York City Tammany Hall Tweed Gang. Election as New York Governor followed, and in 1876, Tilden was nominated for President by the Democratic Party. In an election considered to be the most crooked Presidential election in American history, Tilden initially won, but then lost the election when numerous southern states ignored their popular vote and failed to support Tilden. The election was finally decided by Washington politicos in favor of Hayes along strictly party lines. On the side of this monument is carved the motto "I still trust the people". (Bio by R. Makul)
Parents: Elam Tilden 1781–1842; Polly Younglove Jones Tilden 1782–1860
Siblings: John Tilden 1802–1823; Mary B. Tilden Pelton 1809–1887; Moses Younglove Tilden 1811–1876
Half Siblings: Infant son Tilden 1824–1824
