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A Respectable, but seldom remembered President. Hayesâs presidency is often blamed for ending reconstruction by a âcorrupt bargainâ, but despite popular belief, by this point in history Reconstruction was disliked by the American public. Due to these circumstances no matter who won the election of 1876, Whether that be the Progressive Republican candidate, or the Conservative Democratic candidate (this was before the party switch, before the 60âs democrats were largely conservative), Reconstruction would have ended regardless. Another thing of note is that the corrupt bargain that his critics mention had no historical written records, and seems to mostly be based on hearsay.
Person 1: man I cant believe Rutherford B. Hayes cheated to win the election of 1876.
Person 2: erhm, ACKCHYUALLY theres no record of the Compromise of 1877 ever happening!
Person 1: holy shit, fuck off you are so annoying. Why is this even on urban dictionary?
Eugene V Debs was a prominent socialist politician and activist who lived from 1855 to 1926. Eugene is most well known for 3 things, being a founding member of the Industrial workers of the World, getting arrested for speaking out against Woodrow Wilsons decision to go to war, and getting about 1 million votes in the election of 1912. After he left his post as leader of the Socialist party, they were severely weakened due to infighting.
Person 1: Eugene V. Debs was the greatest socialist to ever live!
Person 2: who?
One of the most corrupt and powerful republican politicians during the Gilded Age; he was infamous for his use of the spoils system, patronage, and graft, and was hated by political opponents for his haughty way of acting. Strangely enough, despite all this he was very Progressive, and actively supported Civil Rights.
That Roscoe Conkling guy was bad and all but he supported Civil Rights so he couldn't have been too bad
A term defined by Senator William Marcy, the spoils system is a political system in which someone who is elected appoints people who are loyal to them instead of those who are most capable. It was first created in America by Andrew Jackson during the early 1800âs, and began to get phased out by the turn of the century
Man, I sure do hate the spoils system!
The hottest man alive, so says Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria: Millard Fillmore is the most handsome man I have ever seen!