What is Samuel J. Tilden?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Samuel Tilden |image = SamuelJonesTilden.jpg |order = 25th [[List of Governors of New York|Governor of New York]] |lieutenant = [[William Dorsheimer]] |term_start = January 1, 1875 |term_end = December 31, 1876 |predecessor = [[John Adams Dix]] |successor = [[Lucius Robinson]] |office1 = Member of the [[New York State Assembly]]<br>from [[Manhattan|New York County]]'s 18th district |term_start1 = January 1, 1872 |term_end1 = December 31, 1872 |predecessor1 = Leander Buck |successor1 = [[Biglin Brothers|Barney Biglin]] |office2 = Chair of the [[New York State Democratic Committee|New York Democratic Party]] |term_start2 = August 1866 |term_end2 = September 1874 |predecessor2 = [[Dean Richmond]] |successor2 = [[Allen C. Beach]] |office3 = Member of the New York State Assembly from [[Manhattan|New York County]] |alongside3 = 13 others<br/>(Multi-member district) |term_start3 = 1846 |term_end3 = 1847 |predecessor3 = Various (Multi-member district) |successor3 = Various (Multi-member district) |office4 = [[New York City Law Department|Corporation Counsel]] of [[New York City]] |term_start4 = 1843 |term_end4 = 1844 |predecessor4 = Alexander W. Bradford |successor4 = Stephen Sammons |birth_name = Samuel Jones Tilden |birth_date = {{birth date|1814|2|9}} |birth_place = [[New Lebanon, New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1886|8|4|1814|2|9}} |death_place = [[Yonkers, New York]], U.S. |restingplace = [[Gov. Samuel J. Tilden Monument]], Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, New York |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |education = [[Yale University]]<br>[[New York University]] |signature = Samuel Tilden Signature.svg }} '''Samuel Jones Tilden''' (February 19, 1814 &ndash; August 14, 1886) was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in the [[United States]] from which he lost to [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] in one of the most contentious and violent Amer