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Rutherford B. Hayes Inauguration: Photos from 1877

Not many remember Rutherford B. Hayes, but we'd like to shine a light on the 19th President with a series of photos from his 1877 Inauguration. See the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol, inauguration stand, and more!
Georgetown University football team in 1927 (source: georgetown.edu)
U.S. casualty being treated at Naktong River

Not exactly the most revered or most remembered president, poor Rutherford B. Hayes was zinged by our current president. We’d like to shine a little light on poor Rutherford, even if he didn’t think the telephone was a good invention (or did he?). Below is a series of photographs from his Inauguration in 1877.

Inauguration of President Hayes, showing the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol and the crowd on the lawn before it, March 5, 1877]. Architect of the Capitol. Reproduction number: LC-USA7-29858 (b&w film copy neg.).
Inauguration of President Hayes, showing the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol and the crowd on the lawn before it, March 5, 1877]. Architect of the Capitol. Reproduction number: LC-USA7-29858 (b&w film copy neg.).
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administering the oath of office to Rutherford B. Hayes on a flag-draped inaugural stand on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administering the oath of office to Rutherford B. Hayes on a flag-draped inaugural stand on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol
Crowd at the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes, on the east front grounds of the U.S. Capitol, surrounding Horatio Greenough's statue of George Washington, March 5, 1877. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-104931 (b&w film copy neg.).
Crowd at the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes, on the east front grounds of the U.S. Capitol, surrounding Horatio Greenough’s statue of George Washington, March 5, 1877. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-104931 (b&w film copy neg.).

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