- Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States
| Born: | 04 October 1822 Comment | | When did Rutherford B. Hayes die? / Died | 17 January 1893 | | How many years did Rutherford B. Hayes live? / Lived | 70 years | | Zodiac sign: | Libra |
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Rutherford B. Hayes facts
- As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Hayes, an attorney in Ohio, was city solicitor of Cincinnati from 1858 to 1861
- When the Civil War began, he left a fledgling political career to join the Union Army as an officer
- Hayes was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain; he earned a reputation for bravery in combat and was promoted to the rank of major general
- After the war, he served in the U
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- Congress from 1865 to 1867 as a Republican
- Hayes left Congress to run for Governor of Ohio and was elected to two consecutive terms, from 1868 to 1872, and then to a third term, from 1876 to 1877
- In 1876, Hayes was elected president in one of the most contentious elections in national history
- He lost the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J
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