History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0032 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Compromise of 1877
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The idea
An electoral commission voted eight to seven, along party lines, to give Hayes every disputed vote and with them the presidency.
In practice
Republicans promising to withdraw the remaining federal troops from the South.
Where people slip
Digital History places the bargain at Washington's Wormley Hotel in February eighteen seventy-seven. Hayes took office, and the troops were withdrawn that year.
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