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Rutherford B. Hayes (19th president)     Rutherford Bichard Hayes was not a healthful know president. He was not president that had the opportunity to lead us through a war. He was not a president that would obtain much attention to the public eye. He was however one of the presidents that had a great triumph over a major U.S. problem, economics and civilized rights following a war. The United States was just coming out of the genteel War and was in call for of a new president. They were in need of one that could lead them into a booming economic system, start the subprogram of paying off the national debt, and show them the benefits of a nation-wide unification of the br otherwisehood and the South.     On October 4th 1822, Sophie Bichard Hayes gave birth to Rutherford Bichard Hayes. His father Rutherford Hayes passed outdoor(a) two months prior to Rutherford Jr. being born. Along with his 4 other siblings, Rutherford was raised in Oh io by his mother for most of his life. Rutherford went to school in Norwalk, Ohio and Middletown, Connecticut. In 1842 he graduated from Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio, valedictorian of his class. After a year of study in a Columbus law office, he entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1845. Hayes began his invest in a small town called Lower Sandusky. Not finding many opportunities here, he left for Cincinnati in 1849 where he became a thriving lawyer.     In 1952, Hayes married L...