How did the Compromise of 1877 help end Reconstruction? Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for giving the southern Democrats control of the House. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for adding five southern Supreme Court justices. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for adding a southern majority to the Senate. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.