Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Rutherford B. Hayes</a> the winner of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876_U.S._presidential_election" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1876 U.S. presidential election">1876 U.S. presidential election</a> even though <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Tilden" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Samuel J. Tilden">Samuel J. Tilden</a> had won the popular vote.