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Hayes, Rutherford B(irchard) (sh) and POSTHUMOUS CHILD (law)


Hayes, Rutherford B(irchard) (sh)




born Oct. 4, 1822, Delaware, Ohio, U.S.
died Jan. 17, 1893, Fremont, Ohio

19th president of the U.S. (1877-81).

He practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he represented defendants in several fugitive-slave cases and became associated with the new Republican Party. After fighting in the Union army in the American Civil War, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1865-67). As governor of Ohio (1868-72, 1875-76), he advocated a sound currency backed by gold. In 1876 he won the Republican nomination for president. His opponent, Samuel Tilden, won a larger popular vote, but the Hayes campaign contested the electoral-vote returns in four states, and a special Electoral Commission awarded the election to Hayes. As part of a secret compromise reached with Southerners during the electoral dispute (see Wormley Conference), Hayes withdrew the remaining federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction, and promised not to interfere with elections there, ensuring the return of white supremacy. His decision to introduce civil-service reform based on merit provoked a dispute with Roscoe Conkling and the conservative "stalwart" Republicans. At the request of state governors, Hayes used federal troops against railroad strikers in 1877. Declining to run for a second term, he retired to work for humanitarian causes.


Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.


POSTHUMOUS CHILD (law)


POSTHUMOUS CHILD. after the death of its father; or, when the Caesarian operation is performed, after that of the mother. operation is performed, after that of the mother. 2. Posthumous children are entitled to take by descent as if they had 2. Posthumous children are entitled to take by descent as if they had been born at the time of their deceased ancestor. When a father has made a been born at the time of their deceased ancestor. When a father has made a will without providing for a posthumous child, such a will is in some will without providing for a posthumous child, such a will is in some states, as in Pennsylvania, revoked pro tanto by implication. 4 Kent, Com. states, as in Pennsylvania, revoked pro tanto by implication. 4 Kent, Com. 506; Dig. 28, 5, 92; Ferriere, Com. h.t.; Domat, Lois Civiles, part 2 ' liv. 506; Dig. 28, 5, 92; Ferriere, Com. h.t.; Domat, Lois Civiles, part 2 ' liv. 2, t. 1, s. 1: Merl. Rep. h.t.; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2158. 2, t. 1, s. 1: Merl. Rep. h.t.; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2158.