Rutherford B. Hayes A President of Contradictions and Compromises

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums houses 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes' Victorian mansion, museum, presidential library, ... Rutherford B. Hayes ... Rutherford B. Hayes (b. on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio) was the 19th President of the United States. He served from 1877 to 1881 ... After his controversial election, Hayes promised not to run for re-election, and he kept that promise, helping to restore the nation's faith in ... On September 14, 1862, a Confederate bullet sliced through the arm of Lt. Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes during the Battle of South Mountain. In September and October 1880, Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) became the first sitting United States president to visit Oregon. 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 ... The railroad's workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland went out on strike, stopping the movement of all trains. 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 ... We'll explore his journey from lawyer, to Major General, to becoming the 19th president of the United States. The following pardons were stolen from the National Archives-Philadelphia by Shawn Aubitz in 2002. They were signed by the President of the United States.