Rutherford B. Hayes (October 4, 1822 - January 17, 1893) was an American politician, lawyer, and military leader from the U.S. state of Ohio. A Republican, he defeated Samuel Tilden in the 1876 presidential election in an election marked by controversy over the true winner and served a single term as president of the United States (1877-1881).
He did not run again in the 1880 presidential election, keeping his pledge that he would not run for a second term. Hayes died of complications of a heart attack in Fremont, Ohio in 1893.
