Every clock time we so much as tint a toe out of state , I ’ve put cemeteries on our traveling route . From garden - like expanses to overgrown boot hills , whether they ’re the net resting topographic point of the well - known but not that authoritative or the significant but not that well - known , I love them all . After agnize that there are a fate of taphophiles out there , I ’m at long last putting my archive of interesting tombstones to good use .
FormerPresident Rutherford B. Hayes was dub one of themost forgettablePOTUSes in history byTime — and they ’re not wrong . Most people would probably be hard - pressed to tell you anythingabout the 19th U.S. presidentor his individual term in office . And during his reign , many thought he should n’t have been president at all — the 1876 election was cloud by accusation of elector fraud and intimidation . It was one of those strange years where one candidate , Hayes , acquire the electoral vote and the other prospect , Samuel Tilden , bring home the bacon the popular vote . You may recall the same affair happening in 2000 with George W. Bush and Al Gore . After Hayes was determined the winner , he was knight “ His Fraudulency ” and “ His Accidency ” by Tilden supporters .
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Hayes did several notable things — good and big — during his undivided term , includingsendingfederal troops to deal with the Great Railroad Strike of 1877,settlinga territorial difference of opinion between Paraguay and Argentina , and developing policies on thetreatmentof Native Americans . Still , the presidential insurance Hayes is better remembered for has nothing to do with politics or law - devising — it was his preference for adry White House . His banning on wine and John Barleycorn did n’t extend just to the Hayeses ’ own personal meals , but also to any dinners or banquet his administration hosted . Though many have blamed the ban on his wife , giving her the sobriquet " Lemonade Lucy,“other accountssay that not serving alcoholic beverage was just as significant to Rutherford .
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The Hayeses ’ 2d Logos , Webb , was a Medal of Honor recipient and lobbied firmly to found the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center , the first presidential program library . After a controversial election and term , Hayes decided not to search reelection . He pass of a heart attack 12 twelvemonth after leaving the White House and was initially buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Fremont , Ohio . In 1915 , both he and Lucy were transferred to the primer of their home in Fremont , Spiegel Grove , the same place where he once conducted his “ front porch drive ” for the presidency . Webb is also buried at Spiegel Grove
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