Rutherford B. Hayes Uniting America's Fractured Past

19th President of the United States. Visited Mount Vernon with his wife. Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. Born on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio, Hayes was a lawyer ... He took office in 1877 and was president during the end of what Americans call Reconstruction – the period following the Civil War. 2021 Presidential Historians Survey, Historians Survey Results, Portrait of Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Survey Links, Individual Leadership Characteristics. Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States. He was elected in 1876. Many people argued about whether the election was fair. 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 ... 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 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 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.