Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States (1877 – 1881).

Early political career

He was born in Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822 to Rutherford Hayes and Sophia Birchard. Hayes' father died before Hayes was born. He attended the common schools and the Methodist Academy in Norwalk, Ohio]. He graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in August 1842 and from the Harvard Law School in January 1845. He was admitted to the bar on May 10, 1845, and commenced practice in Lower Sandusky, Ohio (now Fremont, Ohio). He moved to Cincinnati in 1849 and resumed the practice of law. He was city solicitor from 1857 to 1859. He was commissioned a major of the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on June 27, 1861, lieutenant colonel, on October 24, 1861, colonel on October 24, 1862, brigadier general of Volunteers on October 9, 1864, and brevetted major general of Volunteers on March 3, 1865.

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Delaware, Ohio - October 4 - 1822 - Norwalk, Ohio - Kenyon College - Gambier, Ohio - 1842 - Harvard - 1845 - Bar - May 10 - Lower Sandusky, Ohio - Fremont, Ohio - Cincinnati - 1849 - 1857 - 1859 - Ohio Volunteer Infantry - June 27 - 1861 - October 24 - 1862 - October 9 - 1864 - March 3 - 1865

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He was rather close to his sister as can be seen in this diary entry:

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July, 1856.--My dear only sister, my beloved Fanny, is dead!

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The dearest friend of childhood, the affectionate adviser, the

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confidante of all my life, the one I loved best, is gone; alas! never

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again to be seen on earth.

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He was a Representative from Ohio prior to his Presidency.

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Representative - Ohio

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Hayes was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1865, to July 20, 1867, when he resigned, having been nominated for Governor of Ohio. He was Governor from 1868 to 1872, and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-third Congress. He was again elected Governor and served from January 1876 to March 2, 1877, when he resigned, having been elected President of the United States. Since March 4, 1877 was a Sunday, Hayes took the oath of office in the Red Room of the White House on March 3. He took the oath again publicly on March 5 on the East Portico of the United States Capitol, and he served until March 4, 1881.

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Republican - March 4 - 1865 - July 20 - 1867 - 1868 - 1872 - 1876 - March 2 - 1877 - White House - March 3 - March 5 - United States Capitol - 1881

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