Rutherford B. Hayes

Examples of Rutherford B. Hayes in the following topics:

• The End of Reconstruction

  • The Electoral Commission awarded Rutherford B.
  • Hayes also appointed David M.
  • Rutherford B.
  • Hayes succeeded Ulysses S.
  • Evaluate the policies of Rutherford B.

• Civil Service Reform

  • President Rutherford B.
  • Arthur, the collector of the Port of New York, and his subordinates Alonzo B.
  • In September 1877, Hayes demanded the three men's resignations, which they refused to give.
  • President Hayes also dealt with corruption in the postal service.
  • Hayes kicking Chester A.

• Labor and Domestic Tensions

  • The strike collapsed when President Rutherford B.
  • Hayes used federal troops to quell the organized violence.

• The Compromise of 1877

  • Through it, Republican Rutherford B.
  • Hayes was awarded the White House over Democrat Samuel J.
  • Thus, Hayes' victory was assured.
  • A political cartoon by Joseph Keppler depicts Roscoe Conkling as Mephistopheles, as Rutherford B.
  • Hayes strolls off with a woman labeled as "Solid South

• Legally Free, Socially Bound

  • When President Rutherford B.
  • Hayes withdrew Union troops from the South in 1877, white Democratic southerners acted quickly to reverse the groundbreaking advances of Reconstruction.

• The First Spouse

  • Ames referred to Lucy Webb Hayes as "the First Lady of the Land" while reporting on the inauguration of Rutherford B.
  • Hayes.
  • The frequent reporting on the activities of Lucy Hayes helped spread use of the title outside Washington.

• Reconstruction in the South

  • President Rutherford B.
  • Hayes blocked efforts to overturn Reconstruction legislation.

• Inadequate Currency

  • The bill, as modified by amendments sponsored by Iowa Senator William B.
  • The Bland-Allison Act was vetoed by President Rutherford B.
  • Hayes, but was enacted by Congress over his veto on February 28, 1878.

• The Railroad Strikes

  • After more than a month of constant rioting and bloodshed, President Rutherford B.
  • Hayes sent in federal troops to end the strikes.
  • The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began to lose momentum when President Hayes sent federal troops from city to city.

• Partisan Politics

  • Following the contested 1876 election, Rutherford Hayes became President after a highly controversial electoral count, demonstrating that the corruption of Southern politics threatened the legitimacy of the presidency itself.
  • After Hayes removed the last federal troops in 1877, the Republican Party in the South sank into oblivion, kept alive only by the crumbs of federal patronage.