Rutherford B. Hayes: References & Edit History
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The writings of Hayes are collected in Charles Richard Williams (ed.), Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Nineteenth President of the United States, 5 vol. (1922–26, reprinted 1971); and T. Harry Williams (ed.), Hayes: The Diary of a President (1964), which includes entries describing his nomination and campaign as presidential candidate, the disputed election and its resolution, and his term as president.
Biographies include Charles Richard Williams, The Life of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Nineteenth President of the United States, 2 vol. (1914, reissued 1971); H.J. Eckenrode and Pocahontas Wilson Wight, Rutherford B. Hayes, Statesman of Reunion (1930, reprinted 1988); Harry Barnard, Rutherford B. Hayes and His America (1954, reissued 1992); T. Harry Williams, Hayes of the Twenty-Third: The Civil War Volunteer Officer (1965, reissued 1994), which utilizes Hayes’s diaries and correspondence to portray his experiences during four years as a regimental commander in the Union army; and Ari Hoogenboom, Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President (1995), a study of Hayes’s life and career that highlights his dedication to human rights reforms.
C. Vann Woodward, Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction, 2nd ed. rev. (1956); and Keith Ian Polakoff, The Politics of Inertia: The Election of 1876 and the End of Reconstruction (1973), provide differing arguments as to the reasons Hayes won the disputed 1876 election. Ari Hoogenboom, The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes (1988), includes an assessment of his conduct of civil service reforms.
Emily Apt Geer, First Lady: The Life of Lucy Webb Hayes (1984), is based on Lucy Hayes’s personal papers.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Rutherford B. Hayes. | Aug 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: White House Historical Association - Rutherford B. Hayes. | Aug 23, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Law School - HLSs first alumnus elected as PresidentRutherford B. Hayes. | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Rutherford B. Hayes. | Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - Rutherford B. Hayes. | Nov 19, 2024 | ||
| Added an interactive timeline of the Hayes presidency. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Everything Wrong with the Hayes Administration. | Nov 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881). | Aug 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums. | May 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia - Miller Center - Rutherford B. Hayes. | Dec 10, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes. | Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of Rutherford Birchard Hayes. | Apr 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio History Cental - Rutherford B. Hayes. | Jan 26, 2021 | ||
| Removed cross-reference and table. | Apr 17, 2020 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Aug 29, 2019 | ||
| Added an overview video of his presidency. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for kids - Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes. | Jul 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: USA 4 Kids - Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes. | Aug 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Rutherford Hayes. | Feb 05, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Rutherford Birchard Hayes. | Feb 05, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The White House - Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes. | Feb 05, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Biography of Rutherford B.Hayes the 19th President of US. | Feb 05, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 23, 2012 | ||
| Added timeline. | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes. | Feb 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The White House - Rutherford B. Hayes. | Nov 03, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: AmericanPresident.org - Rutherford B. Hayes - A Life in Brief. | Jun 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 21, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 11, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 07, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 28, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |