Rutherford B. Hayes
The president who ended Reconstruction — Hayes won the most disputed election in American history (the Compromise of 1877) by agreeing to withdraw federal troops from the South, effectively ending federal protection of Black civil rights for nearly 90 years.
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Theodore Roosevelt
#2President / Republican — New York City, New York · 1901–1909
The most energetic person to ever occupy the White House — Roosevelt busted trusts, created the national parks system, won the Nobel Peace Prize, charged up San Juan Hill, and wrote 35 books. He was also shot during a campaign speech and finished the speech before going to the hospital.
Ulysses S. Grant
#3President / Republican — Point Pleasant, Ohio · 1869–1877
The general who won the Civil War presided over one of the most corrupt administrations in American history — but historical reassessment has been kinder to Grant as a champion of Black civil rights during Reconstruction, which he defended more aggressively than any president between Lincoln and LBJ.