Wheeler Compromise
As the situation in Louisiana worsened, William A. Wheeler arrived and heard testimony from both parties as part of his work to support Reconstruction. Governor Kellog was permitted to remain in power, while the disputed positions in the government he awarded were arbitrated. the US Senate endorsed what later became the Wheeler Compromise; however, the Democrats of Louisiana unseated the remaining Republicans to elect a Democrat to the Senate.
Read more about this topic: Wheeler Compromise
Famous quotes containing the words wheeler and/or compromise:
“It has ever been since time began,
And ever will be, till time lose breath,
That love is a mood—no more—to man,
And love to a woman is life or death.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855–1919)
“To achieve the larger goal of teaching her children consideration of others, a mother can tolerate some frustration of her own wishes, she can delay having what she wants, she can be flexible enough to compromise. And this is exactly what her child must also learn: that it is possible to survive frustration, it is possible to wait for what he wants, it is possible to compromise without capitulating.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)