It read, in part: “… Be it known that I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United ... The dictator who antagonized Brazil, General Francisco Solano Lopez, once demanded that his Catholic ...

In an election decided by the House of Representatives, Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democratic candidate Samuel Jones Tilden in the most controversial election in American history to date. Tilden ...

Webb Hayes speaks briefly about the Christmas tradition at the Hayes home, in which he and his brother lived. They are great-great grandsons of Rutherford ... of the general and Lucy Hayes ...

Born: October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio... Hayes' reputation as a man of integrity proved a welcome relief from Andrew Johnson's contentious and Ulysses Grant's scandal-ridden administrations ...

After four years of pain-staking and expensive work, the Hayes home at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont is ready for visitors. The renovation of the first floor of the house ...

The White House tradition dates back to 1878, when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. According to the National Park Service, Congress passed a law in 1876 that forbade the Capitol grounds from ...