Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Onye na-akwado Samuel J. Tilden, Weed bụ onye nnọchiteanya na 1876 Democratic National Convention. Na esemokwu nke sochiri ntuli aka nke 1876, e boro Weed ebubo ịnwa inye ndị ọrụ ntuli aka aka na steeti ndị ahụ esemokwu iji nye Tilden vootu ha. Weed sokwa ná ndị nnọchiteanya gara mgbakọ ahụ e nwere na 1880
na nke ahụ e dere n'afọ 1884.