Person

Rutherford B. Hayes

19th president of the United States whose administration marked the end of Reconstruction and the rise of a more conciliatory postwar political order.

Status: draft
Entity Type: person
Start Date: 4 Oct 1822
End Date: 17 Jan 1893

Summary

Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States.

Historical role

He matters here because his presidency is closely associated with the end of Reconstruction and the reshaping of national politics after the Civil War.

Connections

Useful for linking the post-Reconstruction settlement, party politics, and the late 19th-century American state.