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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,<ref name=williamwheelerbio/> attempting to draw support from upper-class old Southern Whigs who eventually joined the Democratic Party when the Whig Party collapsed.

During the 1876 presidential election, the Republican National Convention nominated [[Rutherford 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,<ref name=williamwheelerbio/> attempting to draw support from upper-class old Southern Whigs who eventually joined the Democratic Party when the Whig Party collapsed.

[[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."<ref name=williamwheelerbio/> Hayes and Wheeler chose the latter.

[[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."<ref name=williamwheelerbio/> Hayes and Wheeler chose the latter.

===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 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.

President Hayes also pushed for civil service reform,<ref name=roscoeconklingbio1>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/roscoe-conkling Conkling, Roscoe]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 20, 2021.</ref> aligning himself with the Half-Breeds. Seeking to curb the powers of Conkling and the latter's powerful [[New York]] political machine, Hayes removed a number of the senator's allies from the state's [[patronage]] system.

President Hayes also pushed for civil service reform,<ref name=roscoeconklingbio1>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/roscoe-conkling Conkling, Roscoe]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 20, 2021.</ref> aligning himself with the Half-Breeds. Seeking to curb the powers of Conkling and the latter's powerful [[New York]] political machine, Hayes removed a number of the senator's allies from the state's [[patronage]] system.