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| Rutherford B. Hayes |
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| 19th President |
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| Born: 1822 Died: 1893 Served: 1877 - 1881 |
Vice-President William A. Wheeler
Political Party Republican
College Kenyon
Occupation Lawyer
Birthplace Delaware, Ohio
Place of Burial Fremont, Ohio
Pop Quiz Facts
* 1876: In the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history, Hayes loses the popular vote to Samuel Tilden but is declared the winner by a special commission after disputes arose over the electorial college count.
Interesting Facts
* Mrs. Hayes became known as "Lemonade Lucy" because she refused to serve alcohol in the White House.
* 1877: Hayes orders troops withdrawn from the American South, ending the era of Reconstruction.
* 1880: Hayes keeps his pledge to only serve one term and declines running for reelection.
* Hayes and his wife conducted the first Easter egg roll on the White House lawn.
* The first White House telephone was installed, by Alexander Graham Bell himself, during the Hayes administration
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