General Information:
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- Rutherford B. Hayes had been the nineteenth President of the nation with William Wheeler as his Vice President for his only term.
- Term as President lasted from 1877 to 1881.
- Served in the Union Army as an officer, in Congress as a Republican, and as the Governor of Ohio.
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- Hayes issues an Executive Order that forbids the involvement of federal employees in political activities.
- The first major interstate strike -- the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
- The Executive vetoing and Congressional passing of the Bland-Allison Act.
- Congressional signing of the Army Appropriations Bill.