Rutherford Hayes ***

Rutherford B Hayes was the 19th president of America who won the election by just one electoral vote he ended reconstruction in the south recalling the troops and allowing the south to govern itself Rutherford B Hayes was born on October 4th 1822 in Delaware Ohio his father was a Vermont storekeeper but sadly died 10 weeks before his son's birth Rutherford and his sister were raised by his widowed mother who never remarried his uncle Sardis became a father figure to him and contributed to his early education Rutherford B Hayes died on January 17 1893 in Fremont Ohio the career of Rutherford B Hayes included the roles of lawyer soldier politician and statesman he was well educated at Kenyon College and Harvard Law School he became the 19th president of America in 1877 during Reconstruction and served for four years until 1881 reconstruction was the system of bringing the southern states back into the United States after the Civil War Rutherford Behe's married Lucy where Webb on December 30th 1852 Lucy Hayes was the first president's wife to be called first lady of the land she was unkindly given the nickname lemonade Lucy because she strongly supported the temperance movement Rutherford B Hayes and his wife Lucy had eight children you Heys belong to the Whig political party the Whig political party operated from the early 1830s to the mid 1850s in opposition to the Democratic Party and favored a program of modernization economic protectionism and opposed tyranny Hayes was 54 years old when he was inaugurated as the 19th president wheeler stood as the vice president Rutherford B Hayes was five feet eight and a half inches in height and weighed 170 to 180 pounds he had dark brown hair which turned white deep set blue eyes and wore a full beard he dressed simply often in ill-fitting clothes he was raised by his widowed mother and was wounded five times in the war his nickname was granny Hayes as he did not drink smoke or gamble and maintained a very straight-laced White House during his lifetime he played a key role in major events of the era Rutherford B Hayes was instrumental in the compromise of 1877 which heralded the end of reconstruction passing of the bland Allison act which D monetized silver and tied the nation's monetary system firmly to the gold standard and in 1880 he pronounced the necessity of creating an American controlled canal in Panama Rutherford B Hayes died of a heart attack on January 17th 1893 in Fremont Ohio and was buried in Spiegel Grove State Park the following year the Hayes commemorative library and museum was opened on the site funded by contributions from the state of Ohio and Hayes family so ends our short biography about the life and presidency of Rutherford B haze which Harold at the end of Reconstruction the next u.s. president was James Garfield you