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| 1. | Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman. |
| 2. | William Ta⋅tem, Jr. [tey-tuhm] , 1893–1953, U.S. tennis player. |
| Til·den (tĭl'dən) American politician. The Democratic presidential nominee in 1876, he won the popular election but lost the presidency in an electoral college controversy that was settled by a Senate committee in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes. |
| Tilden, William Tatem, Jr. Known as "Big Bill." 1893-1953. American tennis player who dominated the sport in the 1920s, winning the U.S. men's singles championship seven times (1920-1925 and 1929) and the Wimbledon championship three times (1920, 1921 and 1930). |