Rutherford B. Hayes
The outcome of the election was contested, with both candidates claiming victory.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the candidates in the first contested presidential election.
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The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
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The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The president's election that marked the end of Reconstruction was Rutherford Hayes. It was during the Presidential Election of 1876.
The political deal to settle the election of 1876, known as the Compromise of 1877, may have been viewed as an appropriate solution at the time. It allowed for the peaceful resolution of a highly contested election and effectively ended Reconstruction in the South. However, it also resulted in the abandonment of civil rights protections for African Americans, leading to decades of racial segregation and discrimination.
Reconstruction effectively ended under President Rutherford B. Hayes's administration. The withdrawal of federal troops from the South in 1877, following the Compromise of 1877, marked the conclusion of Reconstruction. This compromise resolved the contested 1876 presidential election and led to the end of federal efforts to enforce civil rights in Southern states.
In the 2008 election, the highly contested state of Pennsylvania went to Barack Obama.