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Half-Breed Republicans (view source)
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==Ideology and leadership==
==Ideology and leadership==
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Although the Half-Breeds were viewed as merely a group of disgruntled Blaine supporters promoting factionalism, their influence proved to be highly significant.<ref name=georgefrisbiehoar/> They viewed the term attributed negatively to them as either badges of honor or an identifying mark, similar to the the Democratic Party's embracing of the donkey as their symbol after [[Jacksonian Democracy|Jacksonian Democrats]] were dubbed "jacka**es."
Although the Half-Breeds were viewed as merely a group of disgruntled Blaine supporters promoting factionalism, their influence proved to be highly significant.<ref name=georgefrisbiehoar/> They viewed the term attributed negatively to them as either badges of honor or an identifying mark, similar to the the Democratic Party's embracing of the donkey as their symbol after [[Jacksonian Democracy|Jacksonian Democrats]] were dubbed "jacka**es."
==Timeline==
==Timeline==
[[File:Rutherford Hayes by Huntington.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Painting of President Hayes, who betrayed his Radical Republican roots.]]
===Hayes presidency===
===Hayes presidency===
The Compromise of 1877 that resolved the controversies and disputes of the [[United States presidential election, 1876|1876 presidential election]] gave the [[White House]] to Republican [[Rutherford Hayes]] over [[Bourbon Democrat]] opponent [[Samuel J. Tilden]]. Soon after taking office, Hayes abandoned his past [[Radical Republican]]ism and pulled federal troops from the [[the South]], all but ensuring a Jim Crow Democrat takeover of the region.
The Compromise of 1877 that resolved the controversies and disputes of the [[United States presidential election, 1876|1876 presidential election]] gave the [[White House]] to Republican [[Rutherford Hayes]] over [[Bourbon Democrat]] opponent [[Samuel J. Tilden]]. Soon after taking office, Hayes abandoned his past [[Radical Republican]]ism and pulled federal troops from the [[the South]], all but ensuring a Jim Crow Democrat takeover of the region.