Show rutherford B rutherford birchard hayes blaye 4 nineteenth president of the united unite d I 1 states was born at delaware 0 bet 14 arid and graduated at kenyon college in 1842 lie ile was adin admitted ed to the bar at 11 marietta larietta 0 in 1845 and entered upon practice first at fremont and subsequently at cincinnati the civil war having broken out he was in june 1861 mado made major of a regiment of ohio ilio volunteers ilis his regiment was ordered to servie service in western estern vi virinia virginia vir L inia was subsequently sequel itly joined to the army of tile the potomac under general mcclellan and tool took part in tile the operations pertaining to the confederate invasion of maryland in september 1862 at the engagement n of south mountain just before the battle of antietam Anti etaul major ilayev was severely I 1 wounded blavin having decoi recovered arod from his wound ile he wa was in in november 1862 mada colonel of his regiment which was subsequently on oil duty in ill ohio and elsewhere ile he was later in made tile bria brigadier d i cren cr cl general en oral and afterward major general 0 of volunteers in june 1863 1805 lie he resigned his com commission having been elected a representative in congress 0 lotom aiom ohio t taking aking liis his seat in december 1865 ile he was elected reelected re rc for tile the following term but resigned in 1867 having havin been elected governor goer nor of ohio to which office he was reelected in 1869 and again ann 11 in 1875 his repeated success in ill ohio in ill daled the republican national convention in 1876 to nominate him himfar for tile the presidency as a compromise candidate between mr ulain blain on one hand arid and mr conkling on the other when the election took place it seemed certain that of the electoral votes had been cast for mr tilden the democratic candidate being one short of majority were equally sure for mr mayes hayes but there were thirteen electors i in n respect to those election there were raised quelin eions in dispute of aboc eight were from louisiana si four from florida and one from oregon from which states were two seats of electors each clain claiming ling to have been duly chosen if only one of those votes should lie be counted for mr tilden lie he would have a majority and would consequently become president in older oi der to secure the election of mr hayes all these thirteen thi votes must be coun counted led for him singularly enough 1 1 neither the constitution cons tit ution nor any ally existing existing 0 law provided for such an emergency and as the republicans had a majority in ri arity in the senate anti and the democrats in the house it was certain that the two branches of congress w would not agree upon any bill which would give the counting 0 of the disputed votes to their 0 opponents P in this emergency a bill was passed creating a special electoral commission of fifteen for countin counting the votes it was to consist of five senators five representatives and five justices of the supreme court this commission by a majot majority ity of one decided that tle disputed votes should all lie be counted for mr hayes giving 0 0 him a majority of one vote and lie he was declared duly elected mr hayes administration was a conservative one and more inore noted for its exceptional purity than for any especial policy by tile withdrawal of all national troops from the southern states he restored to them tile the rights of local self government 0 ov and thus removed the southern question from politics ile he endeavored to prevent the of silver but his veto was overridden by tile the constitutional two thirds majority lajo rity in both houses of con congress ress tile the republican senators led by mr conkling Coa kling vigorously opposed his efforts to reform the civil service so that he was able to secure but little lebia legislation on the subject the bill prohibiting hi bi political assessments on officeholders office holders being 0 the only measure nic ts in that direction that was w is passed lie he was able however to set an all example ex amilo in favor of tile the icing form by alicel checking removals except c for cause and by instituting tim 0 in tile interior department and in ill the custom house of new York ork competitive examinations for appointment tile the house of representatives representative which bilich was democratic Ieni oera tic throughout his term attempted to secure his assent to the repeal of cei tain measures by attaching them to appropriation pria tion bills but lie was firm in his refusal to sign then them ind and tile house was dobli obliged ge d to finally 6 give gice way public sentiment gli itself largely in favor of the president on march 4 1881 mr iia hayes yes was succeeded in the presidency d n y by mr garfield and has einck finco re resided tided in fremont Fre moat ohio |