OVERVIEW:

BORN:
October 4, 1822;
Delaware, Ohio

DIED:
January 17, 1893;
Fremont, Ohio

EDUCATION:
Kenyon College,
Harvard Law School

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig
Republican

CHILDREN:
Birchard Austin (1853-1926),
Webb Cook (1856-1934),
Rutherford Platt (1858-1927),
Joseph Thompson (1861-1863),
George Crook (1864-1866),
Fanny (1867-1950),
Scott Russell (1871-1923), and
Manning Force (1873-1874).

HIGHLIGHTS:
12/30/1852:
Married Lucy Ware Webb
1861-1865:
U.S. Army/ Union Army
1865-1867:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1868-1872:
Governor of Ohio
1876-1877:
Governor of Ohio
1877-1881:
19th President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library (RBHPL)
White House
Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Ohio History Central
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Diaries and Letters (RBHPL)
Research & Collections (RHBL)
Speeches (RBHPL)
American Presidency Project (UCSB)

GEMERAL BACKGROUND: 
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1876 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM WHEELER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 185 (50.1%)
Popular Vote: 4,033,497 (48.0%)

DEMOCRATS:
SAMUEL TILDEN (PRESIDENT)
THOMAS HENDRICKS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 184 (49.9%)
Popular Vote: 4,288,191 (51.0%)

1877 INAUGURATION:

1877 Inaugural Address 
Library of Congress 
Wikipedia

HAYES ADMINISTRATION:

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Carl Schurz (1877–1881)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Charles Devens (1877–1881)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Richard W. Thompson (1877–1880)
Nathan Goff, Jr. (1881)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
David M. Key (1877–1880)
Horace Maynard (1880–1881)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
William M. Evarts (1877–1881)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
John Sherman (1877–1881)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
George W. McCrary (1877–1879)
Alexander Ramsey (1879–1881)

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

Stanley Matthews (No Action)
John M. Harlan (1877-1911)
William B. Woods (1880-1887)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Samuel J. Randall (1876-1881)

SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE:
Thomas W. Ferry (1875-1879)
Allen G. Thurman (1879-1880)

HISTORIC SITES:

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