Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Birth-Death: (1822 - 1893 ) Term: (1877-1881 )

Reconstruction was coming to an end and a widespread depression had farmers in an uproar. Everyone had their own idea on how to fix things but Hayes managed to keep his cool and think things out.

Chronology of Rutherford Hayes

1877 - Reconstruction ends

1877 - Hayes sends federal troops to stop violence at the Railroad Strike of 1877

1877 - Thomas Alva Edison invents phonograph

1879 - Cleveland, Ohio is first American city to install electric street lighting