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Rutherford B. Hayes
(1822–1893) was an American soldier and politician who was elected the
19th President of the United States
, serving from 1877 to 1881.
The election
, at the end of the
Reconstruction Era
, was highly contentious and he was declared the winner through the
Compromise of 1877
. As president he ended Army support for Republican state governments in the South, promoted civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the
Civil War
and Reconstruction.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Andrew Shiva
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