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Branch: Ray's Extended Family Tree |
Rutherford Hayes, Jr. | 4 JAN 1787 -- 20 JUL 1822 | ![]() |
Sophia Birchard | 15 APR 1792 -- 30 OCT 1866 | ![]() |
James Webb | 17 Mar 1795 -- 1 Jul 1833 | ![]() |
Marietta Cook | 9 Mar 1801 -- 14 Sep 1866 | ![]() |
Marriage | 30 DEC 1852 |
Birth | 4 OCT 1822 | |||
Education | 1842 | ![]() | ||
Military | USA Army / Brevet Major General / US Civil War | ![]() | ||
Occup | 1865-1867 | ![]() | ||
Occup | 1868-1872 | ![]() | ||
Occup | 1876-1877 | ![]() | ||
Election | 1876 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
Occup | 1877-1881 | ![]() | ||
Death | 17 JAN 1893 | Cause: heart attack | ||
Grave |
After the debacle of the Grant administration, the Republicans looked for a candidate "above reproach. " They found him in the Governor of Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes. Born in Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822, Hayes was all that they could ask for.
A man of great dignity and presence, great probity, great Christian character, and a great military hero, he filled the bill at a time when "politician" was not a nice word. (It should be noted that in this period after the Civil War "waving the bloody shirt" was the general political practice. "I fit, bled, and died," rang out from the platforms both North and South.)
Historians sadly record the Hayes administration. While nothing like the Johnson vendetta (there has never been anything like that),... Read More
Birth | 28 AUG 1831 | |||
Occup | 1877-1881 | USA First Lady | ![]() | |
Reside | 1880 | |||
Death | 25 JUN 1889 | Cause: stroke | ||
Grave |
Children | First Name | Birth Dt | Death Dt | Birth Place | Spouses | |
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1+ | Birchard Austin | 4 NOV 1853 | 24 JAN 1926 | OH, Hamilton Co, Cincinnati | Mary Nancy Sherman | |
2 | James Webb Cook | 20 MAR 1856 | 26 JUL 1934 | OH, Hamilton Co, Cincinnati | Mary Otis Miller | |
3+ | Rutherford Platt | 24 JUN 1858 | 31 JUL 1927 | OH, Hamilton Co, Cincinnati | Lucy Hayes Platt | |
4✟ | Joseph Thompson | 21 Dec 1861 | 24 Jun 1863 | OH, Hamilton Co, Cincinnati | ||
5✟ | George Crook | 29 Sep 1864 | 24 May 1866 | OH, Ross Co, Chillicothe | ||
6+ | Fanny Rutherford | 2 SEP 1867 | 19 MAR 1950 | OH, Hamilton Co, Cincinnati | Harry Eaton Smith | |
7 | Scott Russell | 8 FEB 1871 | 6 MAY 1923 | OH, Franklin Co, Columbus | Maude Anderson | |
8✟ | Manning Force | 1 Aug 1873 | 28 Aug 1874 | OH, Sandusky Co, Fremont |
Name | Relation | ||
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![]() | Samuel Jones Tilden | presidential opponent | |
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