At the start of the Civil War, Hayes left a fledgling political career to join the Union army. He was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. Hayes earned a …

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Jan 2, 2026 · Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States (1877–81), who brought post-Civil War Reconstruction to an end in the South and who tried to establish new standards of …

In his letter of acceptance, Governor Hayes stressed the need for civil service reform in the federal government, reconciliation between the North and the South, sound currency, and a single …

Rutherford B. Hayes was born in 1822 in Delaware, Ohio, a descendent of New England colonists. After attending school in Ohio and Connecticut, Hayes entered Harvard Law School in 1843.

As the 19th President of the United States (1877-1881), Rutherford B. Hayes oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the …

Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th president of the United States from March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1881. Hayes, a Republican, took office after his narrow electoral college victory in the 1876 …

After winning a third term in 1875, the Republican Party chose Hayes as its presidential candidate. He won the 1876 election only after the creation of a special commission to decide disputed electoral votes.

Hayes was the 19th U.S. President serving from 1877-1881. He was also a Ohio governor, a U.S. Congressman and a General in the Civil War and loving husband to Lucy and father to eight children.

Visit President Rutherford B. Hayes’ wooded estate named Spiegel Grove, home of America’s first presidential library. Tour the president’s 31-room Victorian mansion, see his tomb, visit the newly …