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.
In the 2008 election, the highly contested state of Pennsylvania went to Barack Obama.
The 1876 Presidential election. In short, the election results were heavily contested and there was no clear winner. A "non-partisan" committee handed victory to Hayes (R) over Tilden (D) in a vote completely along party lines, which the Democrats contested. In order to silence all the criticism and threats of revolts the parties came to an agreement, the contested states would be awarded to Hayes, giving him a one vote electoral victory and ensuring a further four years of Republican control and respect black rights in the South. In return the final federal troops were pulled out the south in 1877 (end of Reconstruction) (the three states which were contested) and the election of Democrat (redeemer) governors wasn't questioned.