Rutherford B. Hayes
President Rutherford B. Hayes pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 893 people during his term. Among them are:
- Ezra Heywood – Convicted of violating the 1873 Comstock Act; pardoned after 6 months
Read more about this topic: List Of People Pardoned Or Granted Clemency By The President Of The United States
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“I am happy to be through with the war.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“The best hopes of any community rest upon that class of its gifted young men who are not encumbered with large possessions.... I now speak of extensive scholarship and ripe culture in science and art.... It is not large possessions, it is large expectations, or rather large hopes, that stimulate the ambition of the young.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)