Rutherford B. Hayes: Rutherford B. Hayes. Rutherford Birchard Hayes was one of that small legion of political non-entities who have occupied the post of President and First Magistrate of the Republic since Andrew Jackson, though he was a better man than most. Born on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio,the former Civil War general served a single term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1865 and 1867 and then served as Governor...
