Rutherford B. Hayes
1822 – 1893 American 19th President of the United States
Nineteenth U.S. president who ended Reconstruction.
- Religion
- Methodist (attended)
- Affiliations
- Republican Party; not a Freemason.
Hayes won the disputed 1876 election through the Compromise of 1877, which withdrew federal troops from the South and ended Reconstruction. He pursued civil service reform and sound money. He served one term as pledged.
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- 1877 Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction mentioned