When railroad workers ignited a widespread, violent strike in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes deployed U.S. troops to end the upheaval—and in doing so strengthened the power of the executive branch. Rutherford B. Hayes was a man without a mandate in 1877. He was the president, to be sure, but he didn’t have the full …
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