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The election of Rutherford B Hayes led to the Compromise of 1877, where the Republican party agreed to remove Union troops from the South so that the South would respect the election of Rutherford B Hayes. With the removal of Union troops from the South, Southerners restored a Democratic government similar to the one from before the Civil War, which criminalized the black community through the exploitation of the 13th Amendment loophole.
He wanted to have some kind of control over the new president's actions. So he didn't believe he could managed to persued John Adams. He wanted to imposed his own vision of America on the nation. He could influence Thomas Pinckney more. Also there was some badblood between them.