Compromise of 1877

Compromise of 1877 in the United States

Compromise of 1877

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled COMPROMISE OF 1877Four of the sectional compromises in nineteenth-century America were efforts to settle quarrels by mutual concessions and forestall danger of violence. Three of the four efforts were temporarily successful, and only the fourth, that of 1861, broke down in failure. For the next
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Introduction to COMPROMISE OF 1877: (1877)

In the context of the legal history: There were several issues concerning the General Election of 1876 that caused the Democrats to question the validity of the elections. The Democrats charged that some votes in the states of Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina, that had been cast for the Democrats had actually been counted for the Republicans. The Democrats also had a smaller issue with the election process in Oregon. A commission to investigate the allegations found in the favor of the Republicans in every case. Eventually both parties agreed to a compromise: The democrats would not challenge the election and in return the Republicans would remove federal troops from the south. The Republicans, who had espoused support for the blacks, threw away all support for the Civil Rights in an effort to gain control of the White House.