Rutherford B. Hayes
04 October, 1822
Full Name=Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Profession=19th President of the United States; lawyer; Union Army brevet major general; Republican politician and reform-minded governor of Ohio, Nationality=American, Born=4 October 1822, Birthplace=Delaware, Ohio, United States of America, Generation=Early Industrial / Civil War generation (born 1820s in pre-Civil War United States and active during Reconstruction), Chinese Zodiac=Horse (born in the lunar year that began on 23 January 1822, Year of the Horse), Zodiac Sign=Libra (sun in Libra, born 4 October), Age in 2026=Would be 204 years old, Marital Status=Married to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes from 30 December 1852 until her death in 1889 (thereafter widowed), Children=Eight children: Birchard Austin Hayes, Webb Cook Hayes, Rutherford Platt Hayes, Joseph Thompson Hayes, George Crook Hayes, Fanny Hayes, Scott Russell Hayes, Manning Force Hayes, Description=Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an American lawyer and principled Union Army officer who survived multiple battlefield wounds in the Civil War and then built a reputation for integrity as a congressman and governor of Ohio before becoming the 19th president of the United States through the contested election and Compromise of 1877, where his administration marked the formal end of Reconstruction while he tried to advance civil service reform, moderate monetary policy, and public education, all from a disciplined, family-centered home life in Spiegel Grove that reflected his Methodist values; astrologically he combines a Libra Sun’s drive for balance, justice, negotiation and social harmony with the energetic, independent, idealistic traits of the Chinese Horse, which together are visible in his calm, conciliatory style, his willingness to work across party lines, and his persistent, sometimes stubborn efforts to modernize government and promote equal rights even amid political controversy, Cause of Death=Heart disease and complications from a heart attack, described contemporaneously as “neuralgia of the heart,” leading to his death at his home in Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio, on 17 January 1893 at age 70.