Wheeler Compromise

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

Read more about Wheeler Compromise:  Worsening Economy in Louisiana, Wheeler Compromise

Famous quotes containing the words wheeler and/or compromise:

    “There is room in the halls of pleasure
    For a large and lordly train,
    But one by one we must all file on
    Through the narrow aisles of pain.”
    —Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)

    “God never jests with us, and will not compromise the end of nature, by permitting any inconsequence in its procession.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)