Messages and Papers of Rutherford B. Hayes

by Richardson, James D.

• ISBN13: 9781438521725
• ISBN10: 1438521723
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-31
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

James Richardson was a 19th century British explorer. Richardson made an expedition in 1845 from Tunis and Tripoli in Libya to Ghadames and Ghat in the middle of the Sahara. In 1850 he convinced the British government to finance an expedition to the Sudan and Chad Lake. He was the first European to cross the stony elevated plain of the Hammada. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents was a 10 volume set. Volume 7, part 2 covers Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States. Loosing the popular vote to his opponent, Samuel Tilden, Hayes was the only president whose election was decided by a congressional commission. Hayes took the oath of office in secret, because the previous year's election had been so bitterly divisive that outgoing President Grant feared an insurrection by Tilden's supporters and wanted to ensure that any Democratic attempt to hijack the public inauguration ceremony would fail. Hayes was noted for ending Reconstruction and for calling in Federal troops when the railroad strike became violent.