President Hayes's Role in Post-Reconstruction America A Path of Unity

President Rutherford B. Hayes instructed his guards to let the youngsters through the gates. It proved to be a very popular change of venue. By Easter Monday ... When he was nominated by the Republican Party for president in 1876, Hayes' resume included service as a Civil War officer, a congressman and a governor of ... This oil on canvas portrait of President Rutherford B. Hayes was done by Daniel Huntington in 1884. 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. ICYMI: Each year, the U.S. president sends military representatives to lay a wreath at President Rutherford B. Hayes' Tomb in honor of his ... Hayes (1822-1893), the 19th president of the United States, won a controversial and fiercely disputed election against Samuel Tilden. He ... Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio. He was a member of the US House of Representatives from Ohio, served two non-consecutive ... Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States (1877–81), who brought post-Civil War Reconstruction to an end in the South ... But Rutherford B. Hayes was actually the first president whose family built a presidential library for him, so the Library of Congress doesn't have his papers ... The Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is offering special tours of the historic Hayes Home focusing on the president and first lady's love story.