On this day in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed in the telegraph room in what was then known as the Executive Mansion. The nation’s 19th president, a Republican, ...

Americans today are a lot more familiar with his presidency than they think they are. (Library of Congress) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

The 19th U.S. president didn't leave much of a legacy at home. But in Paraguay, he's a hero, credited with helping save the nation after a... The Place Where Rutherford B. Hayes Is A Really Big Deal ...

FREMONT, Ohio — President Rutherford B. Hayes is known nationally as one of the presidents in office during the reconstruction of the post Civil War south. But in Ohio, prior to his presidency, he ...

How does a vicious, close and disputed election spill over into a presidency? We examine the razor-thin election results for Rutherford B. Hayes, and the equally fine line he then had to tread as ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Rutherford B. Hayes, a Union veteran and Ohio governor, became president following the contested 1876 election.

FREMONT, Ohio — One of Ohio's most famous citizens turns 200 next week. The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum in Fremont has a full weekend of activities to celebrate the 19th ...

FREMONT — In his diary and in personal letters, Rutherford B. Hayes wrote about some of his birthdays. Some of Hayes' diary entries and letters were short and to the point, like his 16th birthday, ...

Rutherford B. Hayes Day will be celebrated for the first time in Ohio on Oct. 5. The event will take place at the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, located at Spiegel Grove on Buckland Avenue, ...

FREMONT — Rutherford B. Hayes is shaking his head a lot these days — on the desks of presidential memorabilia collectors, that is. The 19th president — who was born in Delaware and whose presidential ...