Rutherford B. Hayes

This engraving of President Rutherford B. Hayes was produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Hayes won the highly-contested presidential election of 1877 against Democrat Samuel Tilden by a single electoral vote. Prior to the presidency, Hayes practiced as a lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio, fought with the Union's Army of the Shenandoah during the Civil War, and served as governor and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the state of Ohio. In support of the temperance movement, neither Hayes nor his wife Lucy served alcohol at the White House, and instead would entertain guests by inviting them to enjoy the fragrant blooms in the White House conservatories.