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3 days ago · In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Harrison to the Mississippi River Commission, which worked to develop internal improvements on the river. As a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention, he was instrumental in breaking a deadlock on candidates, and James A. Garfield won the nomination. U.S. senator from Indiana
1 day ago · The tradition was initiated by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878 after children were banned from rolling eggs on the grounds of Capitol Hill, which they had done since the 1800s. The children were turned away from Capitol Hill in 1878, and President Hayes agreed to open the White House Grounds on Easter Monday, thus starting a new tradition.
3 days ago · Rutherford B Hayes, the 19th US president, ran on reforming the civil service (Getty Images) Hayes became only the second president to win the Electoral College but lose the popular vote in 1876. During the campaign, he promised to only serve one term in his letter accepting the Republican nomination, according to the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
4 days ago · An Electoral Commission resulted in the Compromise of 1877, which awarded the election to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes on the understanding that Federal troops would be withdrawn from the South, effectively bringing Reconstruction to an end.
3 days ago · The tragic climax to this intraparty strife came on July 2, 1881, when Garfield was shot in Washington, D.C., by a disappointed and mentally deranged office seeker and Stalwart supporter. For two months the president lingered between life and death. He died on September 19 and was succeeded by Vice President Arthur.
5 days ago · a) Anarchists. Membership in the Knights of Labor was open to all except. d) Chinese. Before the Farmers' Alliance came into existence, American farmers tried to influence legislation through membership in. b) The Grange. The goal of the Farmers' Alliance was to. b) Bring American farmers into the modern world of industry and prosperity.
4 days ago · To resolve this crisis, Congress established a commission, outside the Constitution, that then elected Rutherford B. Hayes, the loser of the popular and electoral vote.
