The controversy over the presidential election in 1876 between Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes arose because (A) the Greenback-Labor Party's presidential candidate prevented either Tilden or Hayes from winning a majority of the electoral votes (B) no candidate received a majority of the popular vote as required by the Constitution (C) three Southern states, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida, submitted contested electoral votes (D) the Democratic Party withdrew its nomination of Tilden (E) Ulysses S. Grant, the incumbent president, refused to vacate the presidency to either Tilden or Hayes.

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