What's a prez to do? Hayes and the Compromise of 1877
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Rutherford Hayes didn't deny that he had lost the popular vote. Nor was he surprised. His party, the Republicans, had run the country for four presidential terms. The grievances and complaints against them had had plenty of time to accumulate. When government does something good for people, they often are not particularly grateful, reckoning it their due. But when government does something bad, or simply does not do something good, they are quick to point the finger of blame. Voters pointed the finger of blame at the Republicans in 1876, and at Hayes as the Republican standard bearer in the presidential election.
What's a prez to do? Hayes and the Compromise of 1877
What's a prez to do? Hayes and the Compromise…
What's a prez to do? Hayes and the Compromise of 1877
Rutherford Hayes didn't deny that he had lost the popular vote. Nor was he surprised. His party, the Republicans, had run the country for four presidential terms. The grievances and complaints against them had had plenty of time to accumulate. When government does something good for people, they often are not particularly grateful, reckoning it their due. But when government does something bad, or simply does not do something good, they are quick to point the finger of blame. Voters pointed the finger of blame at the Republicans in 1876, and at Hayes as the Republican standard bearer in the presidential election.