Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes was America's 19th president (1877-1881). By most accounts, he was a unremarkable president, whose main appeal was that he didn't offend people, a welcome trait after the turmoil of his predessor, Ulysees Grant.
Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, just north of Columbus. He graduated from Ohio's Kenyon College, gradudated from Harvard Law School, and practiced law in Lower Sandusky (the present-day Fremont, Ohio).
Prior to being elected President of the United States, Hayes served in the Twenty-third Ohio Regiment during the Civil War, served two terms in the House of Representatives (from the Cincinnati area), and served two terms as Ohio's governor.
After his presidency, Hayes served on the Board of Trustees at Ohio State University, a school that he helped to found when he was Ohio's governor. He died in 1893 of complications from a heart attack and is interred beside his wife at the Hayes home in Fremont, Ohio.
The Hayes home, called Spiegel Grove, is now open to the public as the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, a site that includes the Hayes' residence, the Hayes Presidential Library, and a museum.
Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, just north of Columbus. He graduated from Ohio's Kenyon College, gradudated from Harvard Law School, and practiced law in Lower Sandusky (the present-day Fremont, Ohio).
Prior to being elected President of the United States, Hayes served in the Twenty-third Ohio Regiment during the Civil War, served two terms in the House of Representatives (from the Cincinnati area), and served two terms as Ohio's governor.
After his presidency, Hayes served on the Board of Trustees at Ohio State University, a school that he helped to found when he was Ohio's governor. He died in 1893 of complications from a heart attack and is interred beside his wife at the Hayes home in Fremont, Ohio.
The Hayes home, called Spiegel Grove, is now open to the public as the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, a site that includes the Hayes' residence, the Hayes Presidential Library, and a museum.
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