Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He kaitautoko o Samuel J. Tilden, he mema a Weed ki te 1876 Democratic National Convention. I roto i te tautohetohe i muri i te 1876 pōtitanga, i whakawakia Weed o te ngana ki te patu i ngā rangatira pōtitanga i roto i te tautohetohe ki te whakawhiwhia o ratou pōti pōti ki a Tilden. He mema anō a Weed ki te
Ko te huihuinga o te tau 1880 me te huihuinga o te tau 1884.