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Rutherford B. Hayes
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| | Order: | 19th President |
| Term of Office: | March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881 |
| Followed: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Succeeded by: | James Garfield |
| Date of Birth | October 4, 1822 |
| Place of Birth: | Delaware, Ohio |
| Date of Death: | January 17, 1893 |
| Place of Death: | Fremont, Ohio |
| First Lady: | Lucy Webb Hayes |
| Occupation: | lawyer |
| Political Party: | Republican |
| Vice PresidentThe Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is "a heartbeat from the presidency. As first in the presidential line of succession, the Vice President becomes the new Presi: | William A. WheelerWheeler Order 19th Vice President Term of Office March 4, 1877- March 4, 1881 Preceded Henry Wilson Succeeded Chester A. Arthur Date of Birth June 30, 1819 Date of Death June 4, 1887 Place of Birth Malone, New York Wife Mary King Profession Lawyer Politic |
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes ( October 4, 1822 - January 17, 1893) was the 19th ( 1877- 1881) President of the United States.
1 Early political career
He was a Representative from Ohio prior to his Presidency. He was born in Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822 to Rutherford Hayes and Sophia Birchard. Hayes' father died before Hayes was born. He attended the common schools, the Methodist Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and the Webb Preparatory School in Middletown, Connecticut. He was graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in August 1842 and from the Harvard Law School in January 1845. He was admitted to the bar May 10, 1845, and commenced practice in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont). He moved to Cincinnati in 1849 and resumed the practice of law. He was city solicitor from 1857 to 1859. He was commissioned a major of the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, June 27, 1861, lieutenant colonel October 24, 1861, colonel October 24, 1862, brigadier general of Volunteers October 9, 1864 and brevetted major general of Volunteers March 3, 1865.
Hayes was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1865, to July 20, 1867, when he resigned, having been nominated for Governor of Ohio. He was Governor from 1868 to 1872, and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-third Congress. He was again elected Governor and served from January 1876 to March 2, 1877, when he resigned, having been elected President of the United States. Since March 4, 1877 was a Sunday, Hayes was took the oath of office in the Red Room of the White House on March 3. He took the oath again publicly on March 5 on the East Portico of the Capitol, and he served until March 4, 1881.
