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Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US President, served as City Solicitor of Cincinnati, Ohio; was a US Congressman and Governor of Ohio. He was also a Major General in the Civil War
He was a lawyer, General in the civil war, member of the House of Representatives, Governor of Ohio, and 19th President of the US.
Hayes served with distinction on the Union side in the Civil War. He entered the Ohio militia as a major and was a major general by the end of the war. He was wounded several times, once seriously.
I do not think he was ever a judge. He was city sollicitor for a little while before the Civil War.
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He died because he was slaughtered in the war.
Rutherford B. Hayes was wounded several times, once seriously, during his service in the Civil War.
He was a lawyer before he held any public office, and he also fought in the Army in the Civil War. Before he was president, he was the governor of Ohio.
He was a Brevet Major General of Volunteers in the US Army, served and was wounded in the Battle of South Mountain.
Rutherford B. Hayes followed Grant as President of the United States.
Rutherford B. Hayes is important because he was a citizen soldier. He served in the Civil War. In 1862, he led a charge in the Battle of South Mountain, and other wars.
While Grant is the best known former General to later become President,two other former Generals also became President. Rutherford B. Hayes was a Major General as was James Garfield.