Thursday marks the birthday of the one of the most controversial U.S. presidents, Rutherford B. Hayes, who took office by debatable means and left office defending his reputation. Historians rank ...

A portrait of Hayes hangs next to a portrait of Abraham Lincoln among other artifacts in the city museum in the town named after the 19th U.S. president. Hayes' likeness graces a statue in the ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Rutherford B. Hayes, a Union veteran and former governor of Ohio, became president following a contested 1876 election ...

How does a vicious, close and disputed election spill over into a presidency? We examine the razor-thin election results for Rutherford B. Hayes, and the equally fine line he then had to tread as ...

Civil War general, reform-minded president, and Ohio statesman: Rutherford B. Hayes guided the nation through the turbulent ...

It’s not unusual for President Obama to criticize his Republican predecessors from time to time, but this morning, he targeted his scorn not at George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan, but … Rutherford B.

Americans today are a lot more familiar with his presidency than they think they are. (Library of Congress) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Situated behind a pair of iron gates that originally stood on the west side of the White House, the museum and library is a showcase for many, but not nearly all of the center’s 21,000 artifacts. For ...

Today marks the birthday of one of the most controversial Presidents, Rutherford B. Hayes, who took office amid a constitutional crisis and left office defending his reputation. Historians rank Hayes ...

FREMONT, Ohio | The first presidential museum and library in the U.S. opened here in 1916. The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center was founded by the president's second son, Colonel Webb Cook ...