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.
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