Compromise of 1877 officially ended Reconstruction and confirmed the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president.
Ulysses S. Grant supported Radical Reconstruction. After his election, he had Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas readmitted into the Union and worked son ensure freed slaves had all of their rights.
Grant came down hard upon the beaten south and worked hard to become president, which he did
he help out nigggers
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Ulysses S. Grant supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election.
Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Samuel Tilden. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Horatio Seymour. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1872 presidential election defeating Horace Greeley.
In a Presidential election.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was made president.The election of1876 was probably the most disputed presidential election in American history (which may come as a surprise to those who remember Bush v. Gore in 2000). Rutherford B. Hayes was the Republican candidate and Samuel J. Tilden was the Democrat candidate. in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes's 165, with 20 votes uncounted. Tilden won the popular vote, but American presidential elections are not decided by popular vote, but by the Electoral College. Tilden had 184 electoral votes to Hayes's 165, with 20 votes uncounted. The Democrats and Republicans struck a deal. Basically, in exchange for giving the election to the Replublicans, Ulysses S. Grant (who was a Republican and the sitting President) would end Reconstruction in the south.
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Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant were the Presidents during the reconstruction period. Reconstruction is usually considered to have ended when Rutherford Hayes took office or soon afterward.