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Rutherford
B. Hayes
19th President of the
United States
March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1881
Nicknames: Dark-Horse President
Born: October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio
Died: January 17, 1893, at Spiegel Grove,
Fremont, Ohio
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Father:
Rutherford
Hayes
Mother: Sophia Birchard Hayes
Married: Lucy
Ware Webb (1831-1889), on December 30, 1852
Children: Birchard Austin Hayes
(1853-1926); James Webb Cook Hayes (1856-1934);
Rutherford Platt Hayes (1858-1927); Joseph Thompson
Hayes (1861-63); George Crook Hayes (1864-66); Fanny
Hayes (1867-1950); Scott Russell Hayes (1871-1923);
Manning Force Hayes (1873-74)
Religion:
No formal affiliation
Education: Graduated from Kenyon
College (1842) and Harvard Law School (1845)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Republican
Other Government Positions:
- Member of
U.S. House of Representatives, 1865-67
- Governor of
Ohio, 1868-72
- Governor of
Ohio, 1876-77
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