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===Hayes presidency===
===Hayes presidency===
[[File:William M. Evarts - Brady-Handy.jpg|thumb|right|235px|[[William M. Evarts]], a Half-Breed who was involved in the Compromise of 1877.]]
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 Hayes over [[Bourbon Democrat]] opponent [[Samuel J. Tilden]]. Soon after taking office, Hayes abandoned his past [[Radical Republican]]ism and along with [[Secretary of War]] George McCrary pulled federal troops from the Southern states of [[South Carolina]] and [[Louisiana]],<ref name=mccrary/> 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 Hayes over [[Bourbon Democrat]] opponent [[Samuel J. Tilden]]. Soon after taking office, Hayes abandoned his past [[Radical Republican]]ism and along with [[Secretary of War]] George McCrary pulled federal troops from the Southern states of [[South Carolina]] and [[Louisiana]],<ref name=mccrary/> all but ensuring a Jim Crow Democrat takeover of the region.