The Wheeler Compromise, sometimes known as the Wheeler Adjustment, was the settlement of the disputed election of 1874 in the US state of Louisiana, of the military interference in the organization of the state's legislature on January 4, 1875, and of the general economic situation of Louisiana during the latter half of the 19th century. Effected by, and named after, William A. Wheeler, later Vice President of the United States
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