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President Rutherford B. Hayes pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 893 people during his term.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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“[Rutherford B. Hayes] was a patriotic citizen, a lover of the flag and of our free institutions, an industrious and conscientious civil officer, a soldier of dauntless courage, a loyal comrade and friend, a sympathetic and helpful neighbor, and the honored head of a happy Christian home. He has steadily grown in the public esteem, and the impartial historian will not fail to recognize the conscientiousness, the manliness, and the courage that so strongly characterized his whole public career.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)