Rutherford B Hayes Facts - 19th President of USA

The 19th President of the United States of America Rutherford B Hayes Facts. Rutherford Hayes was born on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio.

Rutherford B Hayes Life

Rutherford B Hayes Facts - His parents were Sophia Birchard and Rutherford Hayes. His father was a storekeeper, and he died only ten weeks before his son was born. Rutherford's uncle, Sardis Birchard stepped in and lived with the family, acting as Hayes's guardian.

He taught Rutherford in the areas of Ancient Greek and Latin and helped him with his education. By all accounts, he acted as a father figure to him.

Rutherford B Hayes Education

Rutherford attended common schools and also the Methodist Academy in Norwalk. He was a graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and was at the top of his class. Rutherford was also an honorary member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

He graduated in only two years from Harvard Law School in 1845 and was admitted to the bar during that same year. Also, he started practicing law in the Lower Sandusky but then moved to Cincinnati to practice law.

Rutherford B Hayes Marriage

On December 30, 1852, Hayes was married to Lucy Ware Webb. Together, they had eight children:  Sardis, James, Rutherford, Frances, and Scott, and three others who died at a young age.

Hayes began his political life in 1853 as a Whig but later joined the Free Soil Party. In 1864, he was given the Republican nomination to Congress from Cincinnati, and although he refused to campaign, he was elected and he served in the thirty-ninth and the fortieth Congresses of the United States.  When he resigned in 1867, he was nominated for the position of Governor in Ohio. He served as governor from 1868 until 1872.

President Rutherford B Hayes Facts 

Hayes became president in 1876 even though he lost the popular vote by around 250,000 votes. Hayes took the oath of office in the White House, which made him the first to take this oath in the White House. It was done secretly.

As president, Hayes was responsible for ordering an executive order that forbade any federal officeholders from being involved in party politics and also protected them from getting party contributions.

Hayes brought about the controversy when he called in federal troops who fired on striking employees of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, killing over 70 of these employees.

While Hayes was president, Jim Crow laws spread, which prevented African Americans from voting. He also was reluctant to send out federal troops in order to enforce the 15th Amendment.  This was considered to be a huge betrayal to African Americans.

Hayes did sign a bill that allowed female lawyers to be able to argue cases in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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NICKNAME
Dark-Horse President

BIRTH
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born on October 4, 1822
In Delaware, Ohio

MOTHER
Sophia Birchard Hayes

FATHER
Rutherford Hayes

SISTERS
Sarah Sophia and Fanny Arabella

BROTHER
Lorenzo

MARRIAGE
Lucy Ware Webb December 30, 1852, in Cincinnati, Ohio

CHILDREN
Birchard (Birch) Austin, James Webb Cook, Rutherford (Ruddy) Platt, Joseph Thompson, George Crook, Frances (Fanny), Scott Russell, and Manning Force

HOME
Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio

EDUCATION
Academy at Norwalk, Ohio
Isaac Webb's school at Middletown, Conn.
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio (1842)
Harvard Law School (1845)

RELIGION
Christian, no denomination

PRE-PRESIDENCY PROFESSION
Lawyer, soldier, and politician

MILITARY SERVICE
Civil War: Major in 23rd Ohio volunteers (1861)
Resigned as a major general in June of 1865

POLITICAL LIFE

Cincinnati City Solicitor (1858-1861)
US Representative (1865-1867)
Ohio Governor (1868-1872) and (1876-1877)US President one term

POLITICAL PARTY
Republican

INAUGURATION
March 3, 1877, in White House private ceremony
March 5, 1877, The Capitol at the age of 54
Rutherford Birchard Hayes - Inaugural Address

Rutherford Hayes Administration

PRESIDENCY
One term (March 4, 1877-March 4, 1881)

VICE PRESIDENT
William A. Wheeler (1877-1881)

FIRST LADY
Lucy Hayes (1877-1881)

SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
John Marshal Harlan (1877)
William B. Woods (1881)

Rutherford Hayes Cabinet
SECRETARY OF STATE
William M. Evarts (1877-1881)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
John Sherman (1887-1881)

SECRETARY OF WAR
George W. McCrary (1877-1879)
Alexander Ramsey (1879-1881)

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Charles Devins (1877-1881)

POSTMASTER GENERAL
David M. Key (1877-1880)
Horace Maynard (1880-1881)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Richard W. Thompson (1877-1880)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Carl Schurz (1877-1881)

POST PRESIDENCY LIFE

Philanthropic activities

DEATH
January 17, 1893, in Fremont, Ohio at the age of 70

BURIAL PLACE
Spiegel Grove State Park, Fremont, Ohio

LANDMARKS
Spiegal Grove National Historic Landmark, Fremont, Ohio
(adult home, Memorial Library, museum, and grave)