Eugène Borel, Director Universal Postal Union Rutherford B Hayes, Elected US President in disputed election of 1876 Thomas W Ferry, Served as Senate Pro tempore and acting US Vice President during 1870s Gustave Moynier, President International Committee of the Red Cross Samuel Tilden, won popular vote but lost contested election in 1876 US presidential election Famous and infamous people Sam Bass, Wild West, outlaw Charlie Bowdre, Wild West, outlaw/cowboy Richard M. Brewer, Wild West, gunslinger/cowboy, outlaw Crazy Horse, Native American war leader George Armstrong Custer, U. S. Army officer Wyatt Earp, Wild West, lawman E. B. Farnum, Elected official and one of the first residents of Deadwood, South Dakota "Wild Bill" Hickok, Legendary Wild West, lawman, gunfighter, and entertainer Doc Holliday, Legendary Wild West, gambler, gunfighter, outlaw, dentist Frank James, Wild West, outlaw Jesse James, Wild West, outlaw Calamity Jane, Frontierswoman and professional scout Jack McCall, murderer of "Wild Bill" Hickok Henry McCarty a.k.a. William Bonney a.k.a. Billy the Kid, Wild West, outlaw/cowboy Alexander McSween, Wild West, figure Lawrence Murphy, Wild West, racketeer Tom O'Folliard, Wild West, outlaw, best friend of Billy the Kid Giovanni Passannante, anarchist, attempted assassin of Umberto I of Italy Frank Stilwell, Wild West, outlaw/cowboy Al Swearengen, pimp and entertainment entrepreneur who ran the Gem Theater, for 22 years during the late 19th century John Tunstall, First man to be killed during the Lincoln County War John Younger, Wild West, outlaw Jim Younger, Wild West, outlaw Cole Younger, Wild West, outlaw See also 1870s in sociology Gilded Age Long Depression Second Industrial Revolution References Further reading Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia ... for 1870 (1871) American Annual Cyclopedia ... for 1872 (1873) Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia ... for 1873 (1879) online edition Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia ... for 1875 (1877) The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1876 Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia ... for 1877 (1878) 1870s decade overviews