Rutherford B. Hayes

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Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, known for overseeing the end of Reconstruction and the controversial 1876 election that marked a key moment in the Gilded Age.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States
Union Army officer
human
lawyer
politician
almaMater Harvard Law School
Kenyon College
birthDate 1822-10-04
birthPlace Delaware, Ohio, United States
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1893-01-17
deathPlace Fremont, Ohio, United States
electionYear 1876
era Gilded Age
familyName Hayes
father Rutherford Hayes Jr.
fullName Rutherford Birchard Hayes
givenName Rutherford
inaugurationDate 1877-03-05
influencedBy Gilded Age politics
knownFor Compromise of 1877
civil service reform efforts
controversial 1876 presidential election
ending Reconstruction
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
militaryBranch Union Army
militaryRank brevet major general
mother Sophia Birchard Hayes
notableEvent Hayes–Tilden election dispute
numberOfChildren 8
occupation lawyer
politician
soldier
positionHeld 19th president of the United States
governor of Ohio
member of the U.S. House of Representatives
precededBy Ulysses S. Grant
presidentialOrder 19
religion Methodism
restingPlace Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio, United States
signatureImage Signature of Rutherford B. Hayes.svg
spouse Lucy Webb Hayes
succeededBy James A. Garfield
termEnd 1881-03-04
termStart 1877-03-04
vicePresident William A. Wheeler


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