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Rutherford B. Hayes

19th president - 1 term (1877-1881)

Republican (3rd out of how many 18)

Born: October 4, 1822

Death: January 17, 1893

Home State: Delaware, Ohio (2nd out of 7)

Religion: Methodist (2nd out 3)

College: Kenyon College (1842) and Harvard Law School (1845)

Other Political Offices Held:

Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1865-67
Governor of Ohio, 1868-72
Governor of Ohio, 1876-77

Married to Lucy Ware Hayes (1839-1889)

Children:

  1. Birchard Austin Hayes (1852-1926)
  2. Webb Cook Hayes (1856-1934)
  3. Rutherford Platt Hates (1858-1927)
  4. Joseph Thompson Hayes (1861-1863)
  5. George Crook Hayes (1864-1866)
  6. Fanny Hayes (1867-1950)
  7. Scott Russell Hayes (1871-1923)
  8. Manning Force Hayes (187301874)

Vice President: William A. Wheeler (1877-81)Cabinet:

Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
John Sherman (1877-81)
Secretary of War
Alexander Ramsey (1879-81)
Attorney General
Charles Devens (1877-81)
Postmaster General
David M. Key (1877-80)
Horace Maynard (1880-81)
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Carl Schurz (1877-81)

Opponent Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York in Presidential Election


  • In 1877 Federal troops withdrew from the South ending Reconstruction. Striking railroad workers and federal troops clashed.
  • Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite Hayes veto. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BlandAll.html
  • Signed the act that permitted women to plead before the Supreme Court.
  • Was the first president to graduate from law school.


1 comment:

Professor Gregorek said...

I know this is out of order. And so should you, by the way. But it was brilliantly labeled: Previous President. So, I hope this makes you put on your thinking caps. Now I have to go back to trying to find Teddy Bear.