A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . Yorktown Centennial-Attempts to Reach the North Pole by Americans—History of the Greely Expedition. THE NINETEENTH PRESIDENT. BiRCHARD Hayes wus hum ill Delaware County, Oliin. Octo-ber 4,1822, and was graduated fromKeiiyou College at the age of twentyyears. In 1845 he completed hi-legal studies at Harvard University,and iDracticed law, first at Mariett; his native State, then at Fre-mon
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . Yorktown Centennial-Attempts to Reach the North Pole by Americans—History of the Greely Expedition. THE NINETEENTH PRESIDENT. BiRCHARD Hayes wus hum ill Delaware County, Oliin. Octo-ber 4,1822, and was graduated fromKeiiyou College at the age of twentyyears. In 1845 he completed hi-legal studies at Harvard University,and iDracticed law, first at Mariett; his native State, then at Fre-mont, and finally in Cincinnati. 11entered the military service, at thebeginning of the war, as major, androse to the rank of brevet major-general. His career as a soldierwas creditable. While still in theservice, in 1864, he was elected toCongress, and was governor of Ohioin 1867, 1869, and again in popularity as chief magistrateof one of the leading States led tohis nomination to the presidency,to which, however, it must be con-ceded, he had not a clear died at Fremont, Ohio, January17, 1893. President Hayes proved his desire to strengthen the fraternal feeling (427). RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYEb. (1S22-1893 ) One term, 1877-1851. 428 HAYES, GARFIELD, AND ARTHUR. between the North and Soutli by appointing as a member of his cabinet DavidMcKey, his jiostraaster-generaL Mr. McKey was from Tennessee, and had servedthe Confederacy daring the Civil War. Hayes administration on the wholewas uneventful, though marked by a number of incidents which deserve men-tion. It was in 1877 that the first telephone for business purposes was put intouse. It connected the residence of Charles Williams, in Somerville, Massa-chussetts, witli his business office in Boston, three miles distant. AlexanderBell, of the latter city, was the inventor of the instrument, which is now ingeneral use throughout the country, and serves to connect points more than athousand miles ajiart. RAILWAY S
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