Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?

Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?

• A. Republican nominee
• B. Democratic nominee
• C. Whig nominee
• D. Greenback nominee

Answer: (A)

Rutherford B. Hayes is identified here as the Republican nominee in the 1876 presidential election. He was a Republican from Ohio and a Civil War veteran who would later become the 19th president. In 1876, the major party nominations distinguished candidates: the Republicans chose Hayes, the Democrats nominated Samuel J. Tilden, and the Whig Party had dissolved long before, while the Greenback Party fielded its own candidate. Hayes’s nomination and eventual victory (after a contested result resolved by the Compromise of 1877) are what define him in this context as the Republican nominee.

Rutherford B. Hayes is identified here as the Republican nominee in the 1876 presidential election. He was a Republican from Ohio and a Civil War veteran who would later become the 19th president. In 1876, the major party nominations distinguished candidates: the Republicans chose Hayes, the Democrats nominated Samuel J. Tilden, and the Whig Party had dissolved long before, while the Greenback Party fielded its own candidate. Hayes’s nomination and eventual victory (after a contested result resolved by the Compromise of 1877) are what define him in this context as the Republican nominee.