FREMONT – A new political parties exhibit opened at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums for the 2025 Presidents Day Celebration, which drew political fans from near and far.

Within the government, Hayes established some important reforms. His appointments did not favor party loyalty as much as competence, and he made an executive order that government employees could ...

Challenges: Reconstruction effectively ended in the South as the Democratic Party turned to violence in order to keep white supremacy in control. Rutherford B. Hayes was unable to combat the violence, ...

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Trump has ordered work done on the Resolute Desk, which has been used by presidents beginning with Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880. “A President, after election, gets a choice of 1 in 7 desks,” he ...