PRESIDENT HAYES
POLICTICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
BORN: OCTOBER 4, 1822 in Delaware Ohio
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTON: 5’8” 170 Pounds.
Dressed simply (ill-fitted clothes)
PERSONALITY: Had a gift of friendship…
easy going, loved people, was interested in
their thoughts, ideas, & problems… He had a
remarkable memory for names & faces.
Welcomed constructive criticism.
RECREATION: Loved to hunt and fish…
Always took a morning walk. Loved Chess &
landscaping. Never smoked or drank
PRESIDENT HAYES
EARLY CHILDHOOD: Father dies before he is born.
Mother supports family by renting out land
His oldest sister had the greatest influence on him
Inseparable when they were young. When she dies
in 1856 Rutherford is crushed.
EDUCATION: Kenyon College(Ohio) valedictorian
Law school at Harvard. Admitted to the Bar in 1845
RELIGION: Presbyterian, then Episcopal, then
Methodist (because of his wife)
PRESIDENT HAYES
MARRIAGE: Lucy Ware Webb on Dec. 30 1852
He was 30 she was 21
Lucy was very active…
- est. home for orphans
- hated slavery. Reason why
husband joined Rep.
- Did Not allow alcohol in the
White House
- Nicknamed “Lemonade Lucy”
- Starts Easter Egg roll at the
White House
- 1st First Lady to be college
educated
- They had 8 children
CAREER BEFORE PRESIDENT:
-Lawyer in Cincinnati
-Cincinnati City Solicitor
-Served in the Civil War…Fought in 50 battles,
wounded several times, rises to General
-United States Rep (1865-67) supports Radical
Republicans. Votes to impeach Pres. Johnson
-Governor of Ohio (1868-72 & 1876-77)
-Wins Republican nomination in 1876
ELECTION OF 1876
Rutherford Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Rep: “Bloody Shirt”
Dem: Tilden’s outstanding record.
He brought down the “Tweed Ring”
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION OF 1876
HAYES
TILDEN
Electoral vote
185
184
States carried
20
18
4,036,572
4,284,020
47.9%
51.0%
Popular vote
Percentage
COMPROMISE OF 1877*
President Hayes Administration:
1. End of Reconstruction: (Compromise of 1877)
2. Bland-Allison Act of 1878: “Soft Money Measure”
Hays against it… Required government to purchase
2 to 4 million dollars worth of silver monthly for coins.
Purpose to inflate currency to help farmers & debtors
3. Resumption of Specie Act of 1879: “Hard Money Measure”
Hays supports it… All greenbacks would be redeemed
in gold. Purpose to strengthen confidence in US money.
4. Civil Service Reform: Hayes wanted competitive exams for
government jobs & a civil service commission.
Congress fails to act.
5. Chinese Immigration: Treaty of 1880… Put a restriction on
Chinese coming into America
6. Panama Canal: France planning to build a canal… Hayes said:
“The policy of this country is a canal under US control”
US cannot surrender this power to any European Nation.
President Hayes retirement:
Said he only wanted to serve 1 term as President , so Hayes
retires happily!!!
Stays interested in public affairs and supports:
•Republican Nominees
•Opposes Woman Suffrage
•Encourages Temperance Movement
•Promotes Black Education
•
President Hayes death: January 17, 1893… Heart problems
Hayes was
rated at 33 as
President
Spiegel Grove
In Fremont, Ohio
Tomb of Mr. & Mrs.
Rutherford Hayes