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Fearing a riot, Governor Henry M. Mathews asked Hayes to send federal troops to Martinsburg, and Hayes did so, but when the troops arrived there was no riot, only a peaceful protest. [164] In Baltimore, however, a riot did erupt on July 20, and Hayes ordered the troops at Fort McHenry to assist the governor in suppressing it. [163]
1867 – Rutherford B. Hayes, United States Representative (July 20), to run for Governor of Ohio; 1873 – Henry Wilson, United States Senator of Massachusetts (March 3), to take office as Vice President of the United States. 1877 – Rutherford B. Hayes, Governor of Ohio (March 2), to take office as President of the United States.
All of the repeat governors were in the state's earliest years, when George W. P. Hunt and Thomas Edward Campbell alternated as governor for 17 years and, after a two-year gap, Hunt served another term. One governor, Evan Mecham, was successfully impeached, and one, Fife Symington, resigned upon being convicted of a felony. The longest-serving ...
In January 2019, Kitzhaber agreed to pay $20,000 in civil penalties to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission for conflicts of interest involving Hayes while he was governor. [49] That month, Hayes also agreed to pay the Commission fines totaling "$44,000 for ethics violations arising from her use of public office for personal profit." [50] [51]
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Both men made their cases to be governor. Hayes had narrowly won his election by one electoral vote and had been accused of voter fraud. Once elected, Hayes adopted a "hands-off" policy toward the South as part of the Compromise of 1877. Hayes did not believe that the use of federal troops to decide a local election was justified. [18]
Donald Trump takes a selfie with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz in the House chamber after Trump’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018.
Republican NC governor candidate, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson greets the crowd before remarks by Republican candidate for President Donald Trump in Asheboro, N.C., Wednesday, August 21, 2024.