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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Compromise of 1877 was an informal bargain that resolved the disputed 1876 U.
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- Why was the Electoral Commission of 1877 created?
- How did the Compromise of 1877 end Reconstruction?
- What were the main concessions Southern Democrats received?

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The Compromise of 1877 was an informal bargain that resolved the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election by awarding Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.

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In April 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes ordered the withdrawal of federal troops from South Carolina and Louisiana, fulfilling the Compromise and collapsing the last Republican Reconstruction governments in the South.

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