1870-1879 - The Gilded Age Print E-mail

 
the gilded age
1870—1879

 

 

 

 


 
 
Hiram Revels elected as first black senator 1870
 
 
 
 
Presidential Elections

Ulysees S. Grant (Republican)
Horace Greeley (Democratic)
 


 
Labor Reform Party founded and holds convention in Columbus, Ohio Feb 21-22
Democratic convention in Baltimore July 9
Republican party convention in Philadelphia June 5
 
 
 
 
 
Samuel Tilden elected to governor of New York 1874
 
 
 
Ohio Democrats take inflationist stand as Governor Allen embraces greenbackism 1875
 
 
Presidential Elections

Rutheford B. Hayes (Republican)
Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
 


 
Republican convention in Cincinnati June 14
"Greenback" Independent Party launched 1876
 
 
 
Hayes executive order that government officials take no part in politics June 22
 
 
 
Bland-Allison Act allows limited coinage of silver dollars 1878
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
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