Rutherford B. Hayes A President of Compromise and Unity

Countdown to 47: … President Rutherford B. Hayes resources historical sites including birthplace, gravesite, statues, monuments, memorials, and museums. In September and October 1880, Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) became the first sitting United States president to visit Oregon. Only a handful of Americans could name which president, John Tyler or Rutherford B. Hayes, served in office before the eradication of slavery. The railroad's workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland went out on strike, stopping the movement of all trains. This Executive Order, issued by President Rutherford B. Hayes on July 13, 1880, significantly reduced the size of the Fort Berthold Reservation. The artifacts, presented to the Hayes County Historical Society, included the municipal seal of the city of Villa Hayes, a large framed portrait of President ... 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. On September 14, 1862, a Confederate bullet sliced through the arm of Lt. Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes during the Battle of South Mountain. Hayes' parents were Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes. Hayes married Lucy Ware Webb in 1852. They had eight children: Birchard Austin, Webb Cook, Rutherford ...