Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . servicesduring the campaigns of 1864. in West Virginia. Inthe course of his arduous services, four horses wereshot from under him, and he was wounded four times In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, fromthe Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem-ocratic. He was not present during the campaign,and after his election was importuned to resign hiscommission in the army ; but he finally declared, I
Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . servicesduring the campaigns of 1864. in West Virginia. Inthe course of his arduous services, four horses wereshot from under him, and he was wounded four times In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, fromthe Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem-ocratic. He was not present during the campaign,and after his election was importuned to resign hiscommission in the army ; but he finally declared, Ishall never come to Washington until I can come bythe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1866. In 1S67, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a populai r869 was re-elected over George H. was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. In 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub-lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after ahard long contest was chosen President, and was Monday, March 5, 1875. He served hisfull term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party,but his administration was an average or*.;.
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