Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

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administration of the United States presidency

The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881) was a Reconstruction-era administration marked by the end of federal military intervention in the South, civil service reform efforts, and attempts to reconcile sectional divisions after the disputed 1876 election.

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Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes canonical 2
Rutherford B. Hayes administration 2
Rutherford B. Hayes presidency 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administration of the United States ⓘ
presidency ⓘ
capital Washington, D.C. ⓘ
cause disputed United States presidential election of 1876 ⓘ
characterizedBy attempts to reconcile sectional divisions after the Civil War ⓘ
civil service reform initiatives ⓘ
efforts to reduce corruption in federal appointments ⓘ
end of formal Reconstruction policies ⓘ
limited one-term pledge by the president ⓘ
conflict conflict with Roscoe Conkling over New York patronage ⓘ
tensions with Republican Party stalwarts over patronage ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1881-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy Presidency of James A. Garfield ⓘ
foreignPolicyAction efforts to expand American influence in Latin America ⓘ
maintenance of peaceful relations with Great Britain ⓘ
support for modernization of the U.S. Navy ⓘ
hasPart domestic policy of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
foreign policy of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
headOfGovernment Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
legislativeAction signing of the Bland–Allison Act after veto override ⓘ
signing of the Posse Comitatus Act ⓘ
veto of the Bland–Allison silver purchase bill (later overridden) ⓘ
locatedInTime Gilded Age ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
officeHolder Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
ordinalNumber 19th presidency of the United States ⓘ
policyDirection attempts at sectional reconciliation between North and South ⓘ
limited federal enforcement of African American civil rights in the South ⓘ
opposition to inflationary silver coinage ⓘ
support for civil service reform ⓘ
support for sound money and resumption of specie payments ⓘ
precededBy Ulysses S. Grant administration ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
significantEvent Arrears of Pensions Act of 1879 ⓘ
Bland–Allison Act ⓘ
surface form: Bland–Allison Act of 1878

Chinese Exclusion debate and veto of Chinese immigration restriction bill ⓘ
Compromise of 1877 implementation ⓘ
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 ⓘ
Posse Comitatus Act ⓘ
surface form: Posse Comitatus Act of 1878

Resumption of Specie Payments in 1879 ⓘ
attempted civil service reform ⓘ
creation of the Civil Service Reform Commission ⓘ
end of federal military intervention in the South ⓘ
removal of Chester A. Arthur from New York Custom House ⓘ
use of federal troops to restore order during labor unrest in 1877 ⓘ
withdrawal of remaining federal troops from the South in 1877 ⓘ
startTime 1877-03-04 ⓘ
vicePresident William A. Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Electoral Commission of 1877 → relatedTo → Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
1876 United States presidential election → resultedIn → Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
this entity surface form: presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
1880 United States presidential election → follows → Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant administration → followedBy → Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rutherford B. Hayes administration
William A. Wheeler → presidentialAdministration → Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rutherford B. Hayes administration
Spiegel Grove → associatedWith → Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rutherford B. Hayes presidency