Rutherford B. Hayes
By: Denise Fernandez
The president I did was Rutherford B. Hayes. Rutherford was the 19th president of the United States of America. His significant historical event of his life time was that he served as a member of the House of Representatives. Hayes was the Governor of Ohio and he was a Republican. Hayes pledged protection of the rights of Negroes in the South, but at the same time advocated the restoration of "wise, honest, and peaceful local self-government." Many of the leaders of the new South did indeed favor Republican economic policies and approved of Hayes's financial conservatism, but they faced problems at the polls if they were to join the party of Reconstruction. Hayes and his Republican successors were persistent in their efforts but could not win over the "solid South."
Work Cited
"About the Library." Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. 16 Mar. 2006 <http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/library/>.