President Hayes A Statesman's Compromise in a Divided Nation

Born on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio,the former Civil War general served a single term in the US House of Representatives from 1865 and 1867. The first biography of Hayes in nearly fifty years, Hoogenboom's book recreates the rapidly changing world of Victorian America as experienced by one of its most reflective and perceptive figures. On April 24, 1877, on orders from President Rutherford B. Hayes, federal troops withdrew from the state house in Louisiana—the last federally defended state ... Serving in the years after the Civil War, Rutherford B. Hayes, the nation's 19th president, supported African American rights, including the ... On March 4, 1877 the term of President Ulysses S. Grant came to an end, but his successor, Rutherford B. Hayes was not to be inaugurated until the next day. Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States, was the fifth child born to Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes. He was born October 4, ... The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 62, sponsored by State Senator Bill Reineke (R-Tiffin), to designate October 4 as Rutherford B. Hayes Day in Ohio. He opposed inflation and favored the gold standard over paper money. Hayes, alongside Congress, passed laws that retired most paper money, and over time, ... Located In Bronx, New York, Cardinal Hayes High School is a Private Catholic High School For Boys in Grades 9-12. Hayes was given the nickname "The Great Unknown" because he was not well known in the Republican Party. In fact, he was the compromise candidate ...