Rutherford Hayes - 1877-1881
-Hayes is elected with disputed electoral votes that could have been intended for Samuel Tilden, creating the Compromise of 1877 to secure a smooth transition
-While he continues to advocate equal rights in the south, Hayes withdraws US troops from the south as part of the Compromise of 1877, effectively ending reconstruction.
-Hayes's administration sees the rise of "Jim Crow" laws in the southern states
-This abandoning of the reconstruction policies causes many to refer to Hayes as "His Fraudulency"
-Hayes's idea of a new Republican organization in the south predictably fail