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Title	Rutherford B. Hayes Political Cartoons
Subject	Presidents and Politics Arts and Entertainment Political cartoons Owls Birds Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Place	Fremont (Ohio) Sandusky County (Ohio)
Description	These five political cartoons by James Albert Wales relate to the presidential administration of Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893). The 11 by 14-inch (27.94 by 35.56 cm) drawings appeared in Puck, a satirical magazine published in New York City. The first cartoon, titled "Painful Reflections of a Waiting Statesman" deals with reform candidate Samuel Tilden's loss to Ohioan Rutherford B. Hayes in the disputed election of 1876. "Our Indian Policy" is critical of the Hayes administration's attempts to reform the Indian Bureau, while "Is This the Way to Run the Government" criticizes Hayes and his cabinet for spending too much time away from Washington. The two final cartoons, "Left Out" and "The Quack Doctor's Last Dose" accuse Hayes of placing his friends in powerful positions before he left office. Honoring his commitment not to accept a second term, Hayes retired to his home, Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio. Rutherford B. Hayes was the fifth child of Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes, who came to Ohio in 1817 from Vermont. He was born October 4, 1822, at Delaware, Ohio, two months after the death of his father. Rutherford and sister Fanny Arabella were raised by their mother and her younger bachelor brother Sardis Birchard. Hayes graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio in 1842 and from Harvard Law School in 1845. He began his law practice in Lower Sandusky, but moved in 1849 to Cincinnati, where he became a successful lawyer, a Republican, and an opponent of slavery. In 1864, while serving in the Civil War, Hayes was elected to Congress, despite his refusal to campaign. He was reelected in 1866. The following year Ohio voters elected him governor. He retired to Fremont after completing his second gubernatorial term in 1872, but was elected for a third term in 1875. That same year, the Republican Party chose Hayes as its presidential candidate. He won the 1876 election only after the creation of a special commission to decide disputed electoral votes.
Creator	Wales, James Albert, 1852-1886
Date of Original	1878 - 1881
Collection	Puck Cartoons
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Type	Text

Title	Om711_1010138_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om711_1010138_001.tif
Image Height	2862
Image Width	2176
File Size	1725.341 KB
Full Text	VOL. V,-No. 118. JUNE 11, 1879. Prioe.lO Cents. E POST OFFICE AT NtW YORK. AND ADMITTED FOR TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE MAILS AT SECOND CLASS RATES" PAINFUL REFLECTIONS OF THE WAITING STATESMAN. "¦Will the boys forget me after all?"

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