President Rutherford Birchard Hayes

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
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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