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Rutherford B. Hayes Accomplishments

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There have been forty-four presidents, who are all important. Some made many changes during their term(s) and some didn’t change much of anything. The 19th president, Rutherford B. Hayes made many accomplishments in both his life and presidency. Some of them being, his successful early life, his presidential election, when he was in the white house and his post-presidential years. Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Ohio, on October 4, 1822. He was educated at Kenyon College and attended Harvard Law School. He went to law school for five years in Sandusky, then moved to Cincinnati. Despite the previous achievements, there were many other things he did. He fought in the Civil War, but unfortunately was wounded in action. While he was wounded he …show more content…

The republican majority chose to argue electoral votes. Although the Southern Democrats made an agreement to back the decision, only if the Republicans would recall all federal troops who supported Reconstruction (the period after the Civil War when the South was reorganized and reintegrated into the Union). The republicans agreed to appoint at least one Southerner to Hayes’ cabinet. The winner was declared by commission on March 2, 1877. Hayes took oath in a private ceremony at the White House the next day. On March 5th inaugurated at a he was public ceremony. Some Democrats who didn’t want Hayes in office, declared he had stolen the election from …show more content…

During his first year of being president he ended the Reconstruction. He did this by withdrawing troops from states that were still under occupation. With doing this he made federal dollars available for improvements in the South and all Southerners were appointed to high-level positions in the government. This also irritated some members of Hayes’ party. The republicans who opposed the candidacy at the party convention were frustrated by his plains for the civil service reform. It focused on ending patronage in favor of the civil servants based on merit. Hayes was contested by the New York U.S. Senator of New York. Hayes called a resignation for two of New York’s top bureaucrats of the customhouse. Chester Arthur was suggested to be the future 21st president. Arthur was the collector of the Port of New York. His resignation was a symbolic attempt of undoing the political trade. The political parties had difficulties that arose just outside of Washington. The economic downfall followed the Civil War and the Southern and Western States that wanted strength of the

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