CONTENTS.

Previous
J. Q. Howard

  • CHAPTER I.
  • ANCESTRY.
  • Line of Descent—Family Tradition—Indian Fighters—Grandfather Rutherford—Chloe Smith Hayes—Father and Mother—Characteristics—Tribute to a Sister—General Character of Ancestors9

  • CHAPTER II.
  • BOYHOOD AND EDUCATION.
  • Birthplace—University—Springs—Kossuth's Allusion—Early Instructors—Sent East—College Life—Began the Study of Law—At Harvard Law School—Story, Greenleaf, Webster, Agassiz, and Longfellow—Admission to Bar15

  • CHAPTER III.
  • AT THE BAR.
  • Commences Practice—First Case—Partnership with Ralph P. Buckland—Settles in Cincinnati—Becoming Known—Literary Club—Nancy Farrer Case—Summons Case—Marriage—Law Partners—City Solicitor22

  • CHAPTER IV.
  • IN THE FIELD.
  • Appointed Major—Judge Advocate—Lieutenant-Colonel—South Mountain—Wounded—Fighting while Down—After Morgan—Battle of Cloyd Mountain—Charge up the Mountain—Enemy's Works Carried by Storm—First Battle of Winchester—Berryville31

  • CHAPTER V.
  • FROM MAJOR TO MAJOR-GENERAL.
  • Opequan—Morass—First Over—Intrepidity—Official Reports—Assault on Fisher's Hill—Battle of Cedar Creek—Commands a Division—Promoted on Field—His Wounds—A Hundred Days under Fire43

  • CHAPTER VI.
  • IN CONGRESS.
  • Nomination—Refuses to Leave Army—Election Incident—Election—Course in Congress—Services on Library Committee—Votes on Various Questions—Submits Plan of Constitutional Amendments—Re-nominated by Acclamation—Re-elected by Increased Majority—Overwhelmed with Soldiers' Letters—Character as Congressman51

  • CHAPTER VII.
  • ELECTED GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
  • Party of States Rights—Their Convention—Platform—Nomination of Thurman—Republican Convention and Platform—Nomination of General Hayes—Opening Speech at Lebanon—Thurman at Waverly—National Interest Aroused—Hayes Victorious—Inaugural—First Annual Message—Second Annual Message62

  • CHAPTER VIII.
  • SECOND ELECTION AS GOVERNOR.
  • Re-nomination—Democratic Platform—Nomination of Rosecrans—Declines—Pendleton Nominated—Hayes at Wilmington—Election—Second Inaugural—Civil Service Reform—Short Addresses—Letters—Annual Message—Democratic Estimate of It—Davidson Fountain Address—Message of 1872—Work Accomplished90

  • CHAPTER IX.
  • THIRD TIME ELECTED GOVERNOR.
  • The Senatorship Declined—Army Banquet Speech—Third Time Nominated for Congress—Glendale Speech—Declines a Federal Office—Making a Home—Nomination for Governor—Platform—Serenade Speech—Democratic Convention and Platform—Marion Speech of Hayes—Woodford—Grosvenor—Schurz—Inflation Drivel—Interest in the Contest—Honest Money Triumphant—Third Inaugural124

  • CHAPTER X.
  • NOMINATION TO THE PRESIDENCY.
  • Early Suggestions—Letters on Subject—Garfield Letter—Action of State Convention—Cincinnati Convention—Course of his Friends —First and Second Day's Events—Speech of Noyes—Balloting—Nominated on Seventh Ballot—Officially Notified—Habits—Personal Appearance—Family—Letter of Acceptance—Character as a Soldier, Magistrate, and Man—Domestic Surroundings143

  • APPENDIX.

  • I. Speech at Lebanon, Ohio, August 5, 1867167
  • II. Speech at Sidney, Ohio, September 4, 1867202
  • III. Speech on his Re-nomination, June 23, 1869222
  • IV. Speech at Zanesville, Ohio, August 24, 1871231
  • V. Speech at Marion, Ohio, July 31, 1875241
  • VI. Speech at Fremont, June 25, 1876.256

LIFE OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Clyx.com


Top of Page
Top of Page