The Election Of 1880: James Garfield vs. Winfield Scott Hancock
Intro: Hello and welcome back to the presidential election series as I'll be going over the election of 1880 as two wild card candidates in James Garfield and Winfield Scott Hancock are being thrown into the mix to see who the next president of the United States will be...So with all that said, let's get into it. One & Done for Rutherford After the madness that was the election of 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes' presidency saw the former Ohio Governor attempting to pass Civil Service Reform, settling a dispute between Argentina and Paraguay and stopping a major railroad strike that occurred in 1877 between the workers and a militia organized by those in charge of the railroad companies. Despite all of this, Hayes continued to be dogged by his controversial victory four years earlier with many referring to him as "Rutherfraud" or "His Fraudulency" but it didn't matter too much to Hayes as he promised to step down after one term as president with his v