In an election decided by the House of Representatives, Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democratic candidate Samuel Jones Tilden in the most controversial election in American history to date. Tilden ...

After four years of pain-staking and expensive work, the Hayes home at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont is ready for visitors. The renovation of the first floor of the house ...

Born: October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio... Hayes' reputation as a man of integrity proved a welcome relief from Andrew Johnson's contentious and Ulysses Grant's scandal-ridden administrations ...

The 19th president of the United States is often overshadowed by the giants who directly preceded him during a tumultuous ...