Rutherford B. Hayes
Of all the U.S. Presidents of his era, only Rutherford B. Hayes enjoyed an upbringing in something close to middle‐class comfort and security. Hayes was a prime example of those successful volunteer officers who emerged from civilian life, yet he knew his limitations. In later years, as Hayes looked...
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| Published in: | A Companion to the Reconstruction Presidents 1865–1881 pp. 403 - 414 |
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
27-05-2014
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| Summary: | Of all the U.S. Presidents of his era, only Rutherford B. Hayes enjoyed an upbringing in something close to middle‐class comfort and security. Hayes was a prime example of those successful volunteer officers who emerged from civilian life, yet he knew his limitations. In later years, as Hayes looked back upon his career, it was his wartime experiences rather than his political triumphs which seemed to him to have been “golden.” The 39th Congress to which Hayes had been elected would become one of the most hotly disputed and thoroughly studied in American history. Hayes's support of justice for the freedmen was not a pose he assumed for political gain. It was a genuine, deep‐seated, lifelong conviction. Hayes's was reluctantly drawn back into politics when the Cincinnati Republicans nominated him for another term in Congress in 1872. |
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| ISBN: | 1444339281 9781444339284 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118607879.ch20 |