Hayes, Rutherford

BIRCHARD, nineteenth president of the U.S.; born at Delaware, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1822; graduated at Kenyon College (1842), and at Harvard Law School (1845); first practiced law at Fremont, O., but removed to Cincinnati, in 1849; was appointed major of the 23d Ohio Volunteers, June 27, 1861, and through succe ive promotions became brigadier-general of volunteers, being subsequently made brevet major-general for gallantry; resigned from the army, June 1, 1865, returning to Cincinnati. He was elected to Congre in 1864 and 1866; elected governor of Ohio in 1867 and 1869; and in 1871 was a third time elected governor, an honor conferred for the first time on a citizen of Ohio. At the Republican National Convention held in Cincinnati on June 16, 1876, H. was nominated for the Presidency. The result of the ensuing election was disputed by the Democrats, who claimed the election of Samuel J. Tilden. This led to the appointment of an electoral commi ion ( q. v.), upon whose decision H. was declared elected, he being inaugurated on March 4, 1877. His administration was not particularly eventful, and at its close (1881) H. returned to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died on Jan. 17, 1893. Hayes, in Nebraska , S.W. co.; area , 720 sq. m. Drained by French man's Fork of the Republican river, Red Willow creek and Spring creek. Surface , partly high rolling, and partly level valley; soil , very fertile and well watered. Products , corn, wheat, oats, barley, potatoes; excellent grazing for horses and cattle. Cap . Hayes Center. Pop . (1890) 3,953. Hays, or Hays City, in Kansas , a post-village, cap. of Ellis co., 222 m. W. of Topeka, on Union Pacific R.R.; has flour mills and grain elevators; good building stone and coal in the vicinity. Pop . (1895) 979. Hay's eed, n. The seed of dried gra . ( Slang .) A farmer, especially one who is not in the least world-wise; a greenhorn. ( Local .) A floating substance that furnishes the food of certain kinds of fish. Hay'ward, in Wisconsin , a post-village, cap. of Sawyer co., on C., St. P., M. & O. R.R.; has extensive saw mills, planing and feed mills. Pop . (1897) about 1,500. Ha'zen, WILLIAM BABCOCK, Soldier; born in Hartford, Windsor co., Vt., Sep. 21, 1830; graduated at West Point, in 1855. During the Civil War he served with honor and received brevet commi ions up to major-general; appointed colonel of the 38th Infantry, U. S. A., in 1866, and Chief Signal Officer, with rank of brigadier-general in 1880. He was the author of The School and the Army in Germany and France; Barren Lands of the Interior of the United States ; and Narrative of a Military Career. Died Jau. 16, 1887.