feb 7, 1877 - The Hayes Tilden Compromise

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The Compromise of 1877, also known as the Wormley Agreement or the Bargain of 1877, was an unwritten political deal to settle the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, ending the filibuster of the certified results and the threat of political violence in exchange for an end to federal Reconstruction. No written evidence of such a deal exists and its precise details are a matter of historical debate, but most historians agree that the federal government adopted a policy of leniency towards the South to ensure federal authority and Hayes's election.

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