Rutherford+B.+Hayes

=Rutherford B. Hayes= ="I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people." = = -Rutherford B. Hayes = =Background Information: = Nineteenth President of the United States of America  Born on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio Died on January 17, 1893, in Fremont, Ohio  Attended Kenyon College and Harvard Law School, studied law Fought in the Civil War Was a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio   Assisted in the ratification of the fifteenth amendment   Married to Lucy Ware Webb = Presidency: = ____ Term: ____ Began on March 4, 1877 Ended on March 4, 1881 __Political Party:__ Republican __Cabinet:__ Vice President: William A. Wheeler Secretary of State: William M. Evarys Secretary of War: George W. McCrary, then Alexander Ramsey Secretary of the Treasury: John Sherman __Issues During Presidency:__ -Fifteenth Amendement has been ratified but there are still issues of white citizens following the new amendment -He wanted peace between the North and South -Reconstruction came to an end -The U.S. had a large debt that he tried fixing, but in reality it the business market naturally at this time went back up -Indian Rights Association: were more interested in forcing Native Americans to adopt the white culture as their own, leaving behind their own culture __Important Points from Inagurual Address:__ __First Inaugural Address:__ "The people of those States are still impoverished, and the inestimable blessing of wise, honest, and peaceful local self-government is not fully enjoyed. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the cause of this condition of things, the fact is clear that in the progress of events the time has come when such government is the imperative necessity required by all the varied interests, public and private, of those States." -South is still trying to regroup from the war, and that these states need to follow the federal government laws in order for them to efficiently be restored -Wants peace between the South and North

"In furtherance of such obedience to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution, and in behalf of all that its attainment implies, all so-called party interests lose their apparent importance, and party lines may well be permitted to fade into insignificance. The question we have to consider for the immediate welfare of those States of the Union is the question of government or no government; of social order and all the peaceful industries and the happiness that belongs to it, or a return to barbarism." -Follow the Constitution, and no matter what the individual believes or what party they belong to, all need to believe in creating a strong union. To focus on the fact that majority of the laws put in place are to make sure that the republic is not lost.

=Legacy:= Pushed for civil rights reform and saw everyone as equal. Wanted there to be peace between the two opposing parties and hoped that through his presidency that it would assist in this process.

Work Cited: Information: Rutherford B. Hayes First Inaugural Address (1877) [] [] []

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