Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Payne ya sake komawa zaben a 1876 amma ya ci nasara da Jam'iyyar Republican Amos Townsend. Ya ci gaba da shiga siyasa, duk da haka, har ma ya yi la'akari da yin takarar dan takarar Democrat don shugaban kasa a 1880. Tilden, yayin da ba dan takara ba ne a hukumance, ya yi tasiri sosai a taron. Tilden ya kasance mai rikitarwa game da shirye-shiryensa na shiga cikin wani yakin neman zabe, wanda ya sa wasu wakilai suka yi watsi da wasu 'yan takara, yayin da wasu suka kasance masu aminci ga tsohon mai dauke da tutar. Tilden ya gaya wa wasu daga cikin magoya bayansa na kusa cewa, idan bai gudu ba, Payne zai zama zaɓinsa na farko kuma Shugaban Majalisar Samuel J. Randall na biyu. Da wannan, da yawa daga cikin masu goyon bayan Tilden sun yi alkawarin goyon bayansu ga Payne, aƙalla har sai Tilden ya yanke shawarar shiga tseren. Kodayake Tilden ya ƙi a zaɓa, an hana damar Payne lokacin da wakilan Ohio suka kasance masu aminci ga Sanata Allen G. Thurman. Ko da yake Payne na uku a kan taron na
a kuri'a ta farko, a na biyu wakilai sun yi gaggawar janar Winfield Scott Hancock, wanda aka zaba.