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Rutherford B. Hayes
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.

Lucy Webb Hayes
First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881
1876 United States presidential election
23rd quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Compromise of 1877
Settlement of the 1876 U.S. presidential election
Grant Mitchell
American actor (1874-1957)
presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
19th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (1877-1881)
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
building in Ohio, United States
Half-Breed
political party in United States
Webb Hayes
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1856–1934)