Methodist abolitionists

Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. He served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings. At the start of the Civil War, Hayes left a fledgling political career to join the Union army. He was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. Hayes earned a reputation for bravery in combat, rising in the ranks to serve as brevet major general. After the war, he was a prominent member of the "Half-Breed" faction of the Republican Party. Hayes served in Congress from 1865 to 1867 and was elected governor of Ohio, serving two consecutive terms from 1868 to 1872 and half of a third two-year term from 1876 to 1877 before his swearing-in as president.

African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)

African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist (1797–1883)

founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881

American lawyer and politician (1814–1869)

19th century Christian hymnist

American politician (1748-1828)

American politician (1833–1912)

American minister, educator, writer (1760-1831)

former Methodist pastor and colonel in the United States Volunteers

Methodist bishop in America (1745-1816)

Welsh-American clergyman (1747–1814); Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

author, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830

American politician (1825–1887)

minister

British theologian

American preacher (1777-1834)

American minister and businessman

American missionary and politician (1785–1872)

British philanthropist (1769-1831)

American physician, journalist, abolitionist (1807-1859)

American Methodist bishop (1821-1880)

African-American poet, orator, and political activist