| − | During the presidency of [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], the main beneficiary of the Compromise of 1877 who abandoned Southern blacks and paved for the rise of [[Jim Crow]], Dawes was a prominent member of congressional [[Half-Breeds]] within the Republican Party allied with Hayes' support for [[civil service system|civil service reform]].<ref>Welch, Richard E., Jr. (1968). [https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/GeorgeEdmunds.pdf ''George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed''], p. 65. ''Vermont History''. Retrieved December 5, 2021.</ref> Along with fellow Massachusetts Half-Breeds [[George F. Hoar]] and John Long, he became one of the faction's leading strategists. | + | During the presidency of [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], the main beneficiary of the Compromise of 1877 who abandoned Southern blacks and paved for the rise of [[Jim Crow]], Dawes was a prominent member of congressional [[Half-Breeds]] within the Republican Party allied with Hayes' support for [[civil service system|civil service reform]].<ref>Welch, Richard E., Jr. (1968). [https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/GeorgeEdmunds.pdf ''George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed''], p. 65. ''Vermont History''. Retrieved December 5, 2021.</ref> Along with fellow Massachusetts Half-Breeds [[George F. Hoar]] and John Long, he became one of the faction's leading strategists.<ref>''George Edmunds of Vermont'', p. 67.</ref> |