Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States and oversaw the end of the rebuilding efforts of the Reconstruction.

• Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, having served also as an American representative and governor of Ohio. Hayes was a lawyer and staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings in the antebellum years.
• Born: October 4, 1822, Delaware, OH
• Died: January 17, 1893, Fremont, OH
• Spouse: Lucy Webb Hayes (m. 1852–1889)
• Years of service: 1861–1865
• Branch/service: United States Army (Union Army)
• Education: Kenyon College (1842), Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Norwalk Seminary
• Presidential term: March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
• Vice president: William A. Wheeler (1877–1881)
• Spouse: Lucy Webb Hayes (m. 1852–1889)
• Children: Webb Hayes, Rutherford P. Hayes, Scott Russell Hayes,
• First president to hold a state Thanksgiving dinner.
• First president to hold the White House Easter Egg Roll.
• First president to have a telephone installed in the White House.
• First president to have a typewriter installed in the White House.
• First president to visit the West Coast of the United States while in office.
• First president to win the electoral vote but lose the popular vote.
• First president to win the election despite his opponent winning a majority of the vote.
• First president to be wounded in the American Civil War.