Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th President of the United States from 1877 to 1881. He was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822, served as a Union officer in the Civil War, and was elected governor of Ohio three times.
Hayes, a Republican, won the disputed election of 1876 after a special electoral commission settled contested returns.
Key Moments
Under the Compromise of 1877 federal troops withdrew from the South, ending Reconstruction. He pushed for civil service reform and sent federal troops during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. He kept his pledge to serve only one term.
Ohio Connection
His Fremont, Ohio, estate, Spiegel Grove, is home to the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, which opened in 1916 as the first presidential library in the country.
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