False. Rutherford Hayes did not win a landslide victory in the election of 1876. To confirm this, we can review the historical record. In the election, Hayes, the Republican candidate, ran against Samuel Tilden, the Democratic candidate. Initially, Tilden won the popular vote and was projected to have secured the necessary electoral votes to win the presidency. However, due to disputed electoral votes, a special electoral commission was formed to determine the winner. Ultimately, Hayes was declared the winner by a narrow margin of one electoral vote. Thus, his victory was far from a landslide.
