Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill on Thursday declaring Oct. 4 as "Rutherford B. Hayes Day" to honor the 19th U.S. president, whose history runs deep in the Buckeye State. After his presidency from ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Rutherford B. Hayes, a Union veteran and Ohio governor, became president following the contested 1876 election.

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1822, Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio. Hayes entered politics after a successful law career in Cincinnati and military service in the Civil War, when he was ...