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Hayes

[heyz]
–noun
1. Carlton J(oseph) H(untley), 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
2. Helen (Helen Hayes Brown MacArthur), 1900–93, U.S. actress.
3. Roland, 1887–1977, U.S. tenor.
4. Rutherford B(ir⋅chard) [bur-cherd] , 1822–93, nineteenth president of the U.S. 1877–81.
5. a river in NW Canada, flowing NE to the Great Slave Lake. 530 mi. (853 km) long.
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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893.  


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The 19th President of the United States (1877-1881). Winning the controversial election of 1876 by one electoral vote, he pacified the South by removing federal troops (1877), vetoed a bill restricting Chinese immigration (1879), and stemmed a congressional attempt to weaken the presidency.
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