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==Timeline==

==Timeline==

===GOP campaign, 1876===

===GOP campaign, 1876===

During the 1876 presidential election, the Republican National Convention nominated Rutherford B. Hayes and William Wheeler to head the party ticket for the general election. Both Hayes and Wheeler sought to peel away Democrat support from the South by voicing conciliatory tones, attempting to draw support from old Southern Whigs.<ref name=williamwheelerbio/>

During the 1876 presidential election, the Republican National Convention nominated Rutherford B. Hayes and William Wheeler to head the party ticket for the general election. Both Hayes and Wheeler sought to peel away Democrat support from the South by voicing conciliatory tones, attempting to draw support from old Southern Whigs.<ref name=williamwheelerbio/> [[Frederick Douglass]] asked at the party convention whether delegates would continue to uphold the constitutional rights of blacks, or if they intended to "get along without the vote of the black man in the South." Hayes and Wheeler chose the latter.

[[File:Rutherford Hayes by Huntington.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Painting of President Hayes, who betrayed his Radical Republican roots.]]

[[File:Rutherford Hayes by Huntington.jpg|thumb|left|175px|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.