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unusual facts about Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center


J.T. Wamelink

Wamelink composed many pieces of music, a number of which are found in the collections of: The Library of Congress, The Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, Stanford University, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Washington State University, and the Penn Libraries, among others.


American Cocker Spaniel

A parti-colored American Cocker Spaniel named Dot was one of several dogs owned by Rutherford B. Hayes; and a buff colored dog named Feller caused a scandal for Harry S. Truman when the dog was received as an unwanted gift with the President subsequently giving it away to a White House physician.

Amphitrite-class monitor

When the Hayes administration came to power in 1877, it appointed a new Secretary of the Navy, Richard W. Thompson, to replace Robeson.

Annie Bidwell

While Annie and John Bidwell resided in the mansion, they were hosts to many prominent figures of their era, including: President Rutherford B. Hayes, General William T. Sherman, Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard, Governor Leland Stanford, John Muir, and Asa Gray.

Back Creek Farm

The house served that day as a hospital and as headquarters for the Union General George Crook, under whose command were Captains Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley.

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Rutherford B. Hayes, and Benjamin Harrison visited Chalybeate Springs Hotel, as did many other notable people.

Benjamín Aceval

It is named after the Paraguayan diplomat who took documents related to the Chaco Boreal dispute with Argentina, after the Paraguayan War, to the President of the U.S.A. Rutherford B. Hayes.

Paraguay recovered this territory through the ruling of President Rutherford B. Hayes who ruled in favor of Paraguay after the Paraguayan War.

David G. Swaim

When the war ended, he remained in the Army, serving in the Judge Advocate General's Corps until 1879, when President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed him Judge Advocate General and promoted him to brigadier general.

Dorman Bridgeman Eaton

In 1877, at the request of President Rutherford B. Hayes, he made a careful study of the British civil service, and three years later published Civil Service in Great Britain.

Edward L. Pierce

He was a member of the Republican National Conventions of 1876 and 1884, and in December 1878, was appointed by President Hayes assistant Treasurer of the United States, but declined.

Eliakim P. Scammon

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Scammon offered his services to William Dennison, the Governor of Ohio in June 1861 and was appointed as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, commanding two men who would later become Presidents, Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley.

General Crook House

In September 1880, President Rutherford B. Hayes stayed there while he was reviewing the troops at the Fort.

Irvin McDowell

In 1879, when a Board of Review commissioned by President Rutherford B. Hayes issued its report recommending a pardon for Fitz John Porter, it attributed much of the loss of the Second Battle of Bull Run to McDowell.

Jeremiah Evarts

The effect that Evarts's activism for the rights of indigenous peoples had on U.S. foreign policy through his son, William M. Evarts who was Secretary of State during the Hayes administration (1877-1881), is a question for historians.

John Bidwell

Some of the guests who visited Bidwell Mansion were President Rutherford B. Hayes, General William T. Sherman, Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard, Governor Leland Stanford, John Muir, Joseph Dalton Hooker and Asa Gray.

Ohio Wesleyan Female College

Lucy Webb Hayes, class 1850, First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Rutherford B. Hayes.

Pretty Eagle

In 1880 he accompanied the Crow delegation which met with president Rutherford B. Hayes to speak out against the sale of Crow reservation lands and the construction of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroads which had routes passing through the Crow Reservation.

RBH

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893), 19th President of the United States of America

Reed Opera House and McCornack Block Addition

A number of notable performers made appearances, including local celebrity Hallie Parrish Hinges, artist/political cartoonist Thomas Nast, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison and John Philip Sousa's band.

Thomas Lemuel James

Grant instead did one better and made him the Postmaster of New York on March 17, 1873, and four years later reappointed by President Hayes.

University, Hayes and Orton Halls

The building is named after President Rutherford B. Hayes, who was also the governor of Ohio and advocated for a newly established land-grant university in Ohio.

USCGC Sherman

Two ships of the United States Coast Guard or its antecedent services have borne the name Sherman, in honor of John Sherman (1823–1900), who was Secretary of the Treasury during the Hayes administration (1877–1881).

Vice President's Room

Six years later, following President James Garfield’s assassination, Vice President Chester Arthur took the presidential oath of office here with two former presidents, Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes, among those attending the ceremony.

Walter Smith Cox

On February 26, 1879, Cox was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia created by 20 Stat.

Webb Hayes

Born as James Webb Cook Hayes, he was the second son of President Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes.

William Gardner Choate

On March 14, 1878, Choate was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Samuel Blatchford.


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