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 ...

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.

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, ...

Rutherford B. Hayes, and Benjamin Harrison in the distant past, and George W. Bush and Donald Trump in modern times. Ignoring the presidents of the distant past, as the political parties at those ...

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