First The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era. Next it ended military reconstruction in the previously rebellious southern states. ... Compromise of 1877 was also when the Democrats agreed that Hayes would take office. The Republicans agreed to withdraw all federal troops from the South. Hayes promised to appoint at least one southerner to his cabinet.
