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==Timeline==
==Timeline==
===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/>
[[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===