RUTHERFORD B HAYES 1822 1893 NINETEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAYES RUTHERFORD B 1822 1893 CIVIL WAR ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES REFORM MOVEMENTS ELECTIONS AND POLITICS RUTHERFORD HAYES RUTHERFORD B HAYES WAS BORN IN DELAWARE OHIO AFTER BECOMING A LAWYER IN 1850 HE FOUGHT IN THE UNION ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR BECOMING BRIGADIER GENERAL IN 1864 AFTER THE WAR HE WAS ELECTED TO THE U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE HE SERVED ONE TERM IN 1868 HE BECAME GOVERNOR OF OHIO AND IN 1876 HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION DECIDED THE ELECTION IN HAYES'S FAVOR AFTER REPUBLICANS CHALLENGED THE VOTES CAST IN FOUR STATES DURING HIS PRESIDENCY HAYES ENDED MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH AND ENACTED SOME REFORMS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AFTER HIS TERM ENDED HAYES RETIRED TO OHIO WHERE HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE WORKING FOR HUMANITARIAN REFORMS IN THE PRISON AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS
