Title	Rutherford B. Hayes Gubernatorial Campaign Union Ticket
Subject	Presidents and Politics Ohio Government Civil Liberties Governors Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Place	Ohio (entire state)
Description	Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States, served two terms as governor of Ohio. This 4.3" x 8.67" (11 x 22 cm) handbill was printed in 1867 for the first of Hayes' gubernatorial campaigns. Hayes supporters would cut the bills in to thirds and give them to voters to assist them in casting their ballots. The ticket indicates that Hayes endorsed an amendment to eliminate race as a qualification for voting. Although Hayes won the election, the amendment failed by 50,000 votes. Rutherford B. Hayes was the fifth child of Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes, who came to Ohio in 1817 from Vermont. He was born on October 4, 1822 in Delaware, Ohio, two months after the death of his father. Young 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. As president, Hayes initiated civil service reform, aimed at ending patronage, and appointed men with sound qualifications to government positions. He also signed a bill that allowed women attorneys to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court. The President was particularly concerned about helping minorities, the poor, and immigrants. He believed that education and manual training would help all people achieve better lives.
Date of Original	1867 circa
Source	Published material; pOG 4792
Submitting Institution	Center for Archival Collections--Bowling Green State University
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File Name	Om555_780295_001.tif
Image Height	1436
Image Width	2993
File Size	1308.604 KB
Searchable Date	1867
Full Text	i i\| Governor RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. Tjeutenant Governor JOHJn' C. LEE. Auditor of State JAMES H. GODMAX. Treasurer of State...SIDNEY S.WARNER. < -onipt. of Treasury-iSIOSES R. BRAILEY. Attorney General..'....WILLIAM H. WEST. Judge of Supreme (-ourt JOHN WELCH. Board Public Work.s...PHILIP HERZING. Constitutional Amendment YES. State Senator ABRAHAM SIMMONS. Auditor ZADOC G. BUNDY. Treasurer WILLIAM B. MASON. Proseciiting Attorney..HIRAM L. SIBLE V. Commissioner ANDREW J. DYE. Intirmarj- Director JUNIA JENNINGS. IT m^ii f r ti rp i Governor RLITHERFORD B. HAYES. Lieutenant Governor JOHN C. LEK. Auditor of State JAMES H. GODMAN. Treasurer of State...SIDNEY S. WARNER. Conipt. of Trea8ury..M0SES R. BRAILEY. Attorney General WILLIAM H. WES'J\ Judge of Supreme Court...JOHN WELCH. Board Public Works... PHILIP HERZING. Constitutional Amendment YES. State Senator ABRAHAM SIMMONS. f>. .,.0, ^ .ti,-^e. ) DAVID H. MERRILL. Rei>reBematue8... \| j^gPERS. SPRAGUE. Auditor ZxiDOC G. BUNDY. Treasurer WILLIAM B. MASON. Prosecuting Attornej- HIRAM L. SIBLEY. Commisisioner ANDREW J. DYE. Infirmary Director JUNIA JENNINGS. Governor RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. Lieutenant Governor JOHN C. LEE. Auditor of State JAMES H. GODMAN. Treasurer of State...SIDNEY S. WAItNER. Compt. of Treasury..MOSES R. BRAILEY. Attorney General WILLIAM H. WEST. Judge of Supremo Court JOHN W]^.LCH. Board Public Works...PHILIP HERZING. Coristittitional Amendment YES. State Senator ABRAHAM SIMMONS. Auclitor ZADOC G. BUNDY. Treasurer WILLIAM B. MASON. Prosecuting Attornoy..HIRAM L. SIBLEY. Commissioner ANDREW J. DY'i:. Inflrniary Director JUNIA JENNINtiS. lfiffr;i1gTiliT?°ii"lf""T

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