President & Civil War Major General Rutherford Birchard Hayes Photo & Autograph
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893)was an American politician who served as the 19th President of the UnitedStates from 1877 to 1881. He assumed ...the presidency at the end ofthe Reconstruction Era throughthe Compromise of 1877. In officehe ended Army support for Republican state governments in the South, promotedcivil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over fromthe Civil War and Reconstruction.Hayes, an attorney in Ohio, was city solicitorof Cincinnati from 1858 to 1861. When the Civil War began, he lefta fledgling political career to join the UnionArmy as an officer. Hayes was wounded five times, most seriously atthe Battle of South Mountain. Heearned a reputation for bravery in combat and was promoted to the rank of Brevet Major General. After the war, he served in the Congress from 1865 to 1867 as a Republican. Hayes left Congress to runfor Governor of Ohio and waselected to two consecutive terms, from 1868 to 1872, and then to a third term, from 1876 to 1877.In1876, Hayes was elected President in one of the most contentiouselections in national history. He lost the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden but he won an intensely disputedelectoral college vote after a Congressional commission awarded him twentycontested electoral votes. The result was the Compromiseof 1877, in which the Democrats acquiesced to Hayes's election and Hayeswithdrew remaining U.S. troops protecting Republican office holders in theSouth.Hayesbelieved in meritocratic government, equal treatment without regard to race. He ordered federal troops to crush the Great Railroad Strikeof 1877. He implemented modest civil service reforms that laid the groundworkfor further reform in the 1880s and 1890s. He vetoed the Bland-Allison Act, which would haveput silver money into circulation and raised nominal prices, insisting thatmaintenance of the gold standard wasessential to economic recovery. His policy toward Western Indians anticipatedthe assimilationist program of the DawesAct of 1887.Hayeskept his pledge not to run for re-election, retired to his home in Ohio, andbecame an advocate of social and educational reform. Biographer Ari Hoogenboom said his greatest achievement was torestore popular faith in the presidency and to reverse the deterioration ofexecutive power that had set in after AbrahamLincoln’s death. Although supporters have praised his commitment to civilservice reform and defense of civil rights, Hayes is generally ranked as an average president by historiansand scholars.
Printed on Canson Baryta Photographique photo paper designed to EXCEED museum standards for quality & longevity. 8-1/2" X 11" includes scanned COPY of his autograph card below photo from my collection. Mailing costs $3.50
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893)was an American politician who served as the 19th President of the UnitedStates from 1877 to 1881. He assumed ...the presidency at the end ofthe Reconstruction Era throughthe Compromise of 1877. In officehe ended Army support for Republican state governments in the South, promotedcivil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over fromthe Civil War and Reconstruction.Hayes, an attorney in Ohio, was city solicitorof Cincinnati from 1858 to 1861. When the Civil War began, he lefta fledgling political career to join the UnionArmy as an officer. Hayes was wounded five times, most seriously atthe Battle of South Mountain. Heearned a reputation for bravery in combat and was promoted to the rank of Brevet Major General. After the war, he served in the Congress from 1865 to 1867 as a Republican. Hayes left Congress to runfor Governor of Ohio and waselected to two consecutive terms, from 1868 to 1872, and then to a third term, from 1876 to 1877.In1876, Hayes was elected President in one of the most contentiouselections in national history. He lost the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden but he won an intensely disputedelectoral college vote after a Congressional commission awarded him twentycontested electoral votes. The result was the Compromiseof 1877, in which the Democrats acquiesced to Hayes's election and Hayeswithdrew remaining U.S. troops protecting Republican office holders in theSouth.Hayesbelieved in meritocratic government, equal treatment without regard to race. He ordered federal troops to crush the Great Railroad Strikeof 1877. He implemented modest civil service reforms that laid the groundworkfor further reform in the 1880s and 1890s. He vetoed the Bland-Allison Act, which would haveput silver money into circulation and raised nominal prices, insisting thatmaintenance of the gold standard wasessential to economic recovery. His policy toward Western Indians anticipatedthe assimilationist program of the DawesAct of 1887.Hayeskept his pledge not to run for re-election, retired to his home in Ohio, andbecame an advocate of social and educational reform. Biographer Ari Hoogenboom said his greatest achievement was torestore popular faith in the presidency and to reverse the deterioration ofexecutive power that had set in after AbrahamLincoln’s death. Although supporters have praised his commitment to civilservice reform and defense of civil rights, Hayes is generally ranked as an average president by historiansand scholars.
Printed on Canson Baryta Photographique photo paper designed to EXCEED museum standards for quality & longevity. 8-1/2" X 11" includes scanned COPY of his autograph card below photo from my collection. Mailing costs $3.50
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