Rutherford B. Hayes / Hans L. Trefousse.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Times Books, 2002Description: xviii, 170 pages : port. 22 cmISBN:- 805069089
- E 682 .T716 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-157) and index.
A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000. The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden, in which Congress set up a special electoral commission, handing the disputed electoral votes to Hayes, brings recent events into sharp focus. Historian Hans L. Trefousse explores Hayes's new relevance and reconsiders what many have seen as the pitfalls of his presidency. While Hayes did officially terminate the Reconstruction, Trefousse points out that this process was already well under way by the start of his term and there was little he could do to stop it. A great intellectual and one of our best-educated presidents, Hayes did much more in the way of healing the nation and elevating the presidency. (Source: http://www.amazon.com)
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