The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

Hoogenboom, Ari

ISBN 10: 0700603387 / ISBN 13: 9780700603381

Published by University Press of Kansas, 1988

About this Item

278 pages. Ex-Library with usual stamps and labels (including a label on spine of dust jacket) also free front end paper neatly removed, otherwise a clean hardback with slightly worn dust jacket. The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700603387
• ISBN 13: 9780700603381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: read description
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

This new interpretation of the Hayes administration contradicts the widely held view that Hayes was an inept politician and an ineffective leader. Hoogenboom argues that it was Hayes's character and personality that set his presidency apart in the Gilded Age.

This volume covers all issues, decisions, and developments during the Hayes presidency—from the withdrawal of troops from Louisiana and South Carolina that signalled the end of Reconstruction, through the Great Strike of 1877—the most violent general strike in American history—and the Nez Perce War, to the struggle for civil service reform and the fight to preserve voting rights.

Hoogenboom credits Hayes with being a patient reformer, principled but practical, cautious yet courageous. His honesty and decency echoed the pristine values of the early American Republic, while his attempts to rally support by emphasizing issues and policies—rather than by relying on political organization—anticipated the style of twentieth-century presidents.

About the Author

Ari Hoogenboom is professor of history at the City University of New York-Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center and the author of Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement and Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President.