About Rutherford B. Hayes
He worked as Cincinnati’s city solicitor from 1858‑1861 and defended runaway slaves in court. He joined the Union army at the start of the Civil War, was wounded five times, and rose to brevet major general. After the war he served in Congress (1865‑1867) and was governor of Ohio from 1868‑1872 and part of a third term in 1876‑1877 before becoming president.
![“General [John] Pope is impulsive and hasty, but energetic, and, what is of most importance, patriotic and sound--perfectly sound.I look for good results.” quote by Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_civil-war_general-john-pope-is-impulsive-and-hasty_1723082.jpg)
![“He [William Merritt Chase] is, I suspect, getting a very truthful likeness. I would like it better if [it] was not so gray, so cramped about the eyes, and not quite so corpulent. But is this not quarreling with nature?” quote by Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_appearance_he-william-merritt-chase-is-i-suspect-ge_2425584.jpg)
![“My father and mother in 1817 were forty-nine days on the road with their emigrant wagons [from Vermont] to Ohio. More than two days for each hour that I spent in the same journey.” quote by Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_father_my-father-and-mother-in-1817-were-forty_289081.jpg)
