Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.

President of the United States.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fremont, O., to Edgar F. Gladoni, 1887 Apr. 23. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 80468786

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Birth 1822-10-04

Death 1893-01-17

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