There was much corruption in the federal government by the time President Hayes took office. He was able to get the Civil Service Reform Act passed. This helped with the hiring of qualified people to government positions rather than relatives and friends which was the the norm before.
Chat with our AI personalities
When Rutherford B. Hayes became President in 1877, he ordered the removal of federal troops from the South. Hayes was the 19th U.S. President.
Hayes had eight children: Webb Hayes (son) Bichard Austin Hayes (son) George Crook Hayes (son) Scott Russell Hayes (son) Rutherford Platt Hayes (son) Joseph Thompson Hayes (son) Manning Force Hayes (son) Fanny Hayes (daughter) Joseph, George, and Manning died as infants.
It ended reconstruction and made Hayes president.
Andrew Johnson served until March 4,1869 and was replaced by Grant who served until March 4, 1877 . There were still vestiges of the Reconstruction government when Hayes succeeded Grant as president, but most of the Reconstruction Era was under Johnson and Grant.
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election. Through it, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden on the understanding that Hayes would remove the federal troops that were propping up Republican state governments in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.