An alternative name for this is the Wormley House Bargain, in which a bellicose editorial in a Cincinnati newspaper was used by Colonel Edward Burke to extract written promises that codified an earlier arrangement between Andrew Kellar and William Henry Smith.
An alternative name for this is the Wormley House Bargain, in which a bellicose editorial in a Cincinnati newspaper was used by Colonel Edward Burke to extract written promises that codified an earlier arrangement between Andrew Kellar and William Henry Smith. Among those promises were that David Key of Tennessee be given the appointment as Postmaster General and that the Federal government guarantee the debt of numerous public improvement authorities, most importantly Thomas Scott's Texas-Pacific Railroad. A further provision of this was that a certain number of Democratic votes be forthcoming for James Garfield as Speaker of the House; that provision was not honored. The central provision of this was that federal troops be withdrawn from Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina. For ten points, what is this agreement that selected Hayes over Tilden after the Election of 1876?
An alternative name for this is the Wormley House Bargain, in which a bellicose editorial in a Cincinnati newspaper was used by Colonel Edward Burke to extract written promises that codified an earlier arrangement between Andrew Kellar and William Henry Smith.
{Corrupt} Bargain or {Compromise} of 1877 or Bargain of 1877 (anything {related} to the {resolution} of the Election of 1876 acceptable until that {year} is named.)