This man sent in federal troops to help end a strike that saw fighting in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
During this man's presidency, the Supreme Court ruled laws prohibiting blacks from serving on juries unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also ruled that any state law mandating equal accommodations to blacks and whites on railroads was unconstitutional. This man sent in federal troops to help end a strike that saw fighting in Martinsburg, West Virginia. This man vetoed on law that required the Treasury to purchase two-million dollars' worth of silver. This man's firing of Alonzo Cornell and his presidential successor were opposed by Roscoe Conkling. Specie payment resumed under this president, whose Secretary of the Treasury was John Sherman. This president vetoed the Bland Allison Act. He defeated Samuel Tilden to become president. For 10 points, name this Ohioan president whose ascendency to the presidency through the Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction.
During this man's presidency, the Supreme Court ruled laws prohibiting blacks from serving on juries unconstitutional.
Rutherford B. Hayes