President Obama is receiving a fair amount of amused attention for lobbing a seemingly random dig at Rutherford B. Hayes on Thursday, but maybe Hayes can thank Obama, because America is sure paying a ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1822, Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio. Hayes entered politics after a successful law career in Cincinnati and military service in the Civil War, when he was ...

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

Part I: The making of a president -- The path to the presidency -- The contest for the nomination -- The singular victory -- Part II: Centennial America -- Society and culture in the Hayes era -- The ...