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Presidents During The Gilded Age

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The reason the Gilded Age is called the era of the silent presidents is because the presidents at that time did not have a big effect on politics. For about 30 years after the Civil War, they did not show any remarkable achievement as a president, because of intraparty factionalism. Republicans were controlling over the White House, and Democrats occupied the congress. Thus the congress and administration could not become friendly, and always had conflicts. The presidents during the era were Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison; they were all permissive presidents. By not doing anything during their incumbencies, they could avoid conflicts with parties. At that time, the party bosses had too much power

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