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The Presidency in Eclipse Post Reconstruction 1870-1900

Rutherford B. Hayes Republican- Ohio 1877-1881 End of Reconstruction Great Railroad Strike 1877 “Compromise of 1877” aka Corrupt Bargain

James A. Garfield Republican- Ohio 1881 Compromise candidate assassinated

Chester A. Arthur Republican- Vermont 1881-1884 Tariff Commission 1882 Pendleton Act 1883

Grover Cleveland Democrat- New York 1885-1888 Laissez-faire Mugwumps Attacked tariffs Haymarket Riot Interstate Commerce Act

Benjamin Harrison Republican- born in OH 1889-1892 Homestead Strike Curbs big business Sherman Anti-Trust Act McKinley Tariff Act Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Grover Cleveland Democrat- NY Panic of 1893 (BIG depression!) Pullman Strike Wilson-Gorman Tariff