1. The Presidency in Eclipse
Post Reconstruction

2. Rutherford B. Hayes Republican- Ohio 1877-1881 End of Reconstruction
Great Railroad Strike 1877
“Compromise of 1877”
aka Corrupt Bargain

3. James A. Garfield Republican- Ohio 1881 Compromise candidate
assassinated

4. Chester A. Arthur Republican- Vermont 1881-1884 Tariff Commission 1882
Pendleton Act 1883

5. Grover Cleveland Democrat- New York 1885-1888 Laissez-faire
Mugwumps
Attacked tariffs
Haymarket Riot
Interstate Commerce Act

6. Benjamin Harrison Republican- born in OH 1889-1892 Homestead Strike
Curbs big business
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
McKinley Tariff Act
Sherman Silver Purchase Act

7. Grover Cleveland Democrat- NY Panic of 1893 (BIG depression!)
Pullman Strike
Wilson-Gorman Tariff