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Tilden-Hayes Compromise
Compromise of 1877
Regarding the Hayes-Tilden situation, this was the compromise that was reached. Hayes would be elected President, but in return he had to release the last southern states from Reconstruction.
The compromise of 1877 settled this presidential election dispute. The compromise agreed to Rutherford Hayes' election as the next President of the United States if he agreed to end Reconstruction in the South. After the 1876 election, there were disputes regarding the credentials of the electors in four states. A special committee was appointed to settle the question. Following party lines, the committee choose the electors favorable to Hayes and he won by one vote. The compromise was worked out to appease the supporters of Tilden, the other candidate.
The bundle of compromise was a name for the US Constitution mainly because of the Great compromise and the 3/5 compromise