19. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (1877-1881)

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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 4, 1822;
Delaware, Ohio

DIED:
January 17, 1893;
Fremont, Ohio

EDUCATION:
Kenyon College,
Harvard Law School

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig
Republican

CHILDREN:
Birchard Austin (1853-1926),
Webb Cook (1856-1934),
Rutherford Platt (1858-1927),
Joseph Thompson (1861-1863),
George Crook (1864-1866),
Fanny (1867-1950),
Scott Russell (1871-1923), and
Manning Force (1873-1874).

HIGHLIGHTS:
12/30/1852:
Married Lucy Ware Webb
1861-1865:
U.S. Army/ Union Army
1865-1867:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1868-1872:
Governor of Ohio
1876-1877:
Governor of Ohio
1877-1881:
19th President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

LUCY HAYES

VICE PRESIDENT:

William Wheeler
WILLIAM A. WHEELER

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library (RBHPL)
White House
Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Ohio History Central
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Diaries and Letters (RBHPL)
Research & Collections (RHBL)
Speeches (RBHPL)
American Presidency Project (UCSB)

GEMERAL BACKGROUND: 
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & President by Ari Hoogenboom
Rutherford B. Hayes And His America by Harry Barnard

1876 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM WHEELER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 185 (50.1%)
Popular Vote: 4,033,497 (48.0%)

DEMOCRATS:
SAMUEL TILDEN (PRESIDENT)
THOMAS HENDRICKS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 184 (49.9%)
Popular Vote: 4,288,191 (51.0%)

1877 INAUGURATION:

Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administering the oath of office to Rutherford B. Hayes on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol on March 5. 1877  (Library of Congress)

1877 Inaugural Address 
Library of Congress 
Wikipedia

HAYES ADMINISTRATION:

President Rutherford B. Hayes with his Cabinet (Library of Congress)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Carl Schurz (1877–1881)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Charles Devens (1877–1881)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Richard W. Thompson (1877–1880)
Nathan Goff, Jr. (1881)

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

SECRETARY OF STATE:
William M. Evarts (1877–1881)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
John Sherman (1877–1881)

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

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

The Supreme Court in the Spring of 1876. Left to right: Justices Joseph P. Bradley, Stephen J. Field, Samuel F. Miller, Nathan Clifford, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, and Justices Noah H. Swayne, David Davis, William Strong and Ward Hunt (Photo Credit: S. M. [Samuel Montague] Fassett, Collection of the U.S. Supreme Court)
Stanley Matthews (No Action)
John M. Harlan (1877-1911)
William B. Woods (1880-1887)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Samuel J. Randall (1876-1881)

SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE:
Thomas W. Ferry (1875-1879)
Allen G. Thurman (1879-1880)

HISTORIC SITES:

RBHayesHome
The home of President Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont, Ohio.

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