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The Compromise of 1877 It all started with the election of 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes(Republican) vs. Samuel J. Tilden(Democrat). However, the results were confusing, as Tilden had won the popular vote, yet he didn't get the amount of electoral votes needed, and after investigation(by a Republican commission) Hayes was declared the winner. However this of course seems like a biased decision, and since the Democrats controlled the House of Representatives, they were willing to make a deal about the Presidency (At the time the House of Representatives had to approve the election results). The deal was, the Republicans had to withdraw federal troops from majority of the governed Southern States, Louisiana and South Carolina to be exact. Second, the Democrats wanted an increase in southern public infrastructure: enough money to build a railroad from Texas our West, as well as to improve Southern rivers, bridges, and harbors. Lastly, they wanted a conservative Southerner in the Presidential Cabinet. This whole deal became the **Compromise of 1877** and is well known as it marks the end of the Reconstruction period. Citation(note: picture and notes come from textbook): //The Americans Holt McDougal //. Student ed. Orlando Florida: Houghton, 2012. Print.