Talk:Rutherford B. Hayes/Archive 1

Possible inaccuracy or vandalism
In the family section - it seems unlikely that Amanda Leigh Hayes, if she exists at all, was born in 1996. 82.45.125.60 (talk) 12:51, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit to revert vandalism
I was just casually perusing by and noticed that poor RBH had his article replaced with some coarse language. I reverted the page to it's last sensible looking version, I haven't inspected it much more than that, so their may be lingering pre-vandalism somewhere in the text.

Jfredett (talk) 02:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Religion
This article would appear to contradict itself. In the info box, in the religion section, Hayes is said to have "no affiliation". Yet he is in the category "Methodists". Isn't that an affiliation? Bhumiya (said/done) 08:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and changed it. Bhumiya (said/done) 08:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * In his 1890 May 17 diary entry, he states: "I am not a subscriber to any creed. I belong to no Church. But in a sense satisfactory to myself, and believed by me to be important, I try to be a Christian and to help do Christian work." (page 435)
 * Where is evidence he was Methodist? --JimWae 04:53, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * also see http://www.adherents.com/people/ph/Rutherford_B_Hayes.html --JimWae 04:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * so he was enrolled at Norwalk Academy, a really cool Methodist school in Ohio, in the spring of 1836 as a kid, & his wife was deeply religious & advocated Temperance (so likely a Methodist) & he likely attended church with her - does that merit labelling him a Methodist? - Is this what people care about when they want to know a person's religion? --JimWae 05:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Which says more about his religious convictions - where he spent some time some Sunday mornings or what he actually said about religion? --JimWae 05:10, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It would seem the more appropriate "fix" would be removal from those 3 categories American Methodists, Methodist politicians, and especially Charismatic religious leaders --JimWae 05:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Paraguay
How come to not talk about his role in paraguayan history? There is a prefecture and city named after him. --- Tonganoxie Jim 24.60.163.16 04:13, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I think that more information can be given about Hayes. There is a substancial amount of facts missing

I Agree with you ChesterTheWorm (talk) 00:41, 14 February 2009 (UTC) ChesterTheWorm

Plagiarism
I think a big chunk of this has been plagiarized from the Grolier Encyclopedia... Here's the link: http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0196450-00.


 * You're correct. I've removed it but that leaves a hole in the article that I hope others will fill (with honestly contributed material). -Will Beback · † · 01:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. An article on an American President shouldn't have been left in that bad a shape for that long. Old64mb 08:55, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Hayes and McKinley
It was during his command of the 23rd Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry that Hayes met William McKinley, who would later become the 25th President of the United States. Hayes promoted McKinley twice under his military command, including once for an act of bravery at Antietam. During Hayes' first Ohio gubernatorial race, McKinley engaged in political campaigning and rallying for Hayes' election by "making speeches in the Canton area". http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/mckinley.html Later, as Governor of Ohio, Hayes provided political support for his fellow Republican and Ohioian during McKinley's bid for congressional election. Hayes was arguably one of the strongest political supporters underlying McKinley's military and political successes. Shannon bohle (talk) 20:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * There was a syntax error. The slash was missing in the second ref markup.   AlphaEta  03:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Tidewater Act of 1879
Does anyone know anything the Tidewater Act of 1879? I've searched extensively, but can't seem to locate information about this piece of legislation that Hayes supposedly signed into law. I can't even determine whether or not this was/is a real law. Kindest regards, AlphaEta  15:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Early Life Placement.
Can Someone please fix or adjust the section on his early life. It sits the awkwardly on the page and does not wrap properly around the boxes. I have to admit that my own wiki-knowledge is not good enough yet, being that I have only been a serious editor for less than a month now. I am sure that someone could do it. It just looks terrible when someone tries to read the article. I would try and fix it and I don't wish to experiment on it in an attempt to try and make it look better. --Jojhutton (talk) 19:31, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I moved around a few pictures to try to make the page space out a bit better. Hope that's something along the lines of what you were after. -- PEPSI2786 talk 00:47, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, it looks much more tidy. Again, I would have tried, but my experiance in this area is limited.--Jojhutton (talk) 00:53, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

"Rutherfraud B. Hayes"
For the next four years, Democrats would refer to Hayes as "Rutherfraud B. Hayes" for his allegedly illegitimate election, as he had lost the popular vote by roughly 250,000 votes.

Was their gripe that he wasn't the popular vote winner or was it because of the contentious and partisan outcome of the Electoral College? The two are very different things. Timrollpickering (talk) 15:42, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Ari Hoogenboom
The entire article on Hayes needs to be expanded using Hoogenboom's biography of Hayes. Very brief and weak compared to other entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billyrayakbar2003 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Original Internment of the President
I read that the original internment of Hayes was in Oakwood Cemetery, but here it says Riverwood, which is right? --Coingeek (talk) 01:54, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Semi-Protect
Over the last month I have noticed that this article has been vandalized a number of times, and all by anonymous users, I suggest that the page be semi-protected, at least, to prevent this kind of vandalism again. --Coingeek (talk) 22:55, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Importance/ Ranking
I was wondering why Hayes hasn't been given an importance ranking. Shouldn't he be at least a High class because he was a president? Also, Hayes has had some serious expansion under presidency, so should we reassess his page to see if it is still C-class? Just wondering. --Schwindtd (talk) 14:51, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Protection
Hey, this page gets consistently vandalized. I was wondering if there was some way we could reasonably increase protection. --Schwindtd (talk) 00:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 22:02, 3 May 2016 (UTC)