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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (/ ˈ r ʌ ð ər f ər d / ⓘ; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881.A staunch abolitionist from Ohio, he was also a brevet major general for the Union army during the American Civil War.
The presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes began on March 4, 1877, when Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1881.Hayes became the 19th president, after being awarded the closely contested 1876 presidential election by Republicans in Congress who agreed to the Compromise of 1877.
Rutherford B. Hayes On The Election of 1876: Original Letter Archived May 24, 2022, at the Wayback Machine Shapell Manuscript Foundation; 1876 popular vote by counties; Hayes vs. Tilden: The Electoral College Controversy of 1876–1877; Election of 1876 in Counting the Votes Archived December 18, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
No. 1: Rutherford B. Hayes. Topping the list of most forgotten presidents is Rutherford B. Hayes, who was born in Delaware, Ohio and elected as the 19th president, serving one term from 1877 to ...
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The 1876 United States elections were held on November 7. In one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history, Republican Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio ended up winning despite Democratic Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York earning a majority of the popular vote.
Elected in 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes was the first Harvard Law School alumnus to become president of the United States. Hayes graduated from HLS in 1845, worked as a lawyer in Ohio, and rose to ...