Wormley Agreement

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The Wormley Agreement refers to the informal political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election by granting Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf informal political agreement
political compromise
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
chronology late Reconstruction period
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs backroom deal
informal understanding rather than a written treaty
follows 1876 United States presidential election
hasEffect acceptance of electoral commission’s decision by Democrats
decline of federal enforcement of Reconstruction amendments
end of Reconstruction
end of federal military support for Republican state governments in the South
paving the way for Jim Crow laws in the South
peaceful inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes
resolution of the 1876 U.S. presidential election dispute
restoration of Democratic control in Southern states
strengthening of home rule in Southern states
weakening of protections for African American civil rights in the South
withdrawal of federal troops from Florida
withdrawal of federal troops from Louisiana
withdrawal of federal troops from South Carolina
hasPart recognition of Rutherford B. Hayes as president
withdrawal of federal troops from the South
location Washington, D.C.
Wormley Hotel
namedAfter Wormley Hotel
partOf Reconstruction era
pointInTime 1877
relatedTo Compromise of 1877 interpretations in U.S. historiography
Electoral Commission of 1877
significantEvent Compromise of 1877
significantParticipant Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)

Republican congressional leaders
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Southern Democratic leaders
topic Reconstruction in the United States
United States presidential election
surface form: United States presidential elections

post–Civil War politics in the United States

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Compromise of 1877 alsoKnownAs Wormley Agreement