This day in history: The 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, was born on this day in 1822. In the book, Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, And Liberty, Hayes is ranked as the 4th greatest US president of all time, behind John Tyler, Grover Cleveland, and Martin Van Buren.
Hayes only served one term, because he "believed that presidents performed better if they term-limited themselves, and so he pledged, in his campaign for president, not to seek reelection. He kept his promise. Very few presidents have self-limited their duration in office and therefore their power. Hayes’s action is important and should be commended..... In general, however, he was a very good president because he ended useless inflammatory military occupation of the South, pursued good economic policies, and generally used restraint in foreign policy and in dealing with labor unrest." Ivan Eland
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