Major Events During Presidency:
- Compromise of 1877 results in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes
- Last of federal troops withdraw from South as a result of the compromise
- Desert Land Act passed
- "Readjusters" gain control of Virginia legislature
- California Workingmen's Party attack Chinese immigration
- Timber and Stone Act passed
- Uncle Remus published
- Anaconda copper mine begins operations in Montana