Born in Delaware, Ohio. Graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Attended Harvard Law School. Admitted to the bar March 10, 1845. Married Lucy Ware Webb December 30, 1852. They had seven children.

In 1861 he volunteered and served four years, mostly with the 23rd Ohio Volunteers. He was wounded five times. He rose in rank from major to major general.

Hayes was elected to the Senate in 1864 while still in service and served March 4, 1865, to July 20, 1867. Elected Governor of Ohio and served 1868 to 1872.

Hayes was nominated and elected 19th President in 1876. The margin of his victory was 185 electoral votes to 184 for Tilden. He was inaugurated March 4, 1877, and served to March 3, 1881. He did not seek re-election. During his term of office, The Bland-Allison Act was passed calling for the production of silver dollars. He died in Fremont, Ohio.

Hayes appears on a 76 mm presidential medal (Julian PR-19). Dies were by George Morgan. Modern copies (USM 119) were produced.

Hayes appears on an the first oval Indian Peace Medal (Julian IP-43). Dies were by George Morgan. Modern copies (USM 628) were produced by the mint.

Hayes appears on the Assay Commission medal for 1880 (AC-20) and 1881 (AC- 24). The obverse was by George Morgan; the reverse by Charles Barber.

The Hayes presidential dollar coin was launched on August 18, 2011, at the Rutherfor B. hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio. The obverse was designed and sculpted by Don Everhart who also did the generic reverse.

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