Rutherford Hayes Autographs
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (/ˈrʌðərfərd/ ⓘ; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. He served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings. At the start of the Civil War, Hayes left a fledgling political career to join the Union army. He was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. Hayes earned a reputation for bravery in combat, rising in the ranks to serve as brevet major general. After the war, he was a prominent member of the "Half-Breed" faction of the Republican Party. Hayes served in Congress from 1865 to 1867 and was elected governor of Ohio, serving two consecutive terms from 1868 to 1872 and half of a third two-year term from 1876 to 1877 before his swearing-in as president.
Hayes won the Republican nomination in the 1876 United States presidential election. In the disputed general election, he defeated Democratic nominee Samuel J. Tilden while losing the popular vote. Neither candidate initially secured enough electoral votes to win, but Hayes prevailed after a Congressional Commission awarded him 20 contested electoral votes in the Compromise of 1877. The electoral dispute was resolved in an agreement between Southern Democrats and Whiggish Republican businessmen whereby Hayes would be president but end both federal support for Reconstruction and the military occupation of the former Confederacy.
Hayes's administration was influenced by his belief in meritocratic government and equal treatment without regard to wealth, social standing, or race. One of the defining events of his presidency was the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, which Hayes resolved by calling in the U.S. Army against the railroad workers. It remains the deadliest conflict between workers and strikebreakers in American history. He appointed John Marshall Harlan to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Traded items with a signature of Rutherford Hayes
The most expensive item with a signature of Rutherford Hayes (Rutherford Hayes autograph letter signed as President to violinist Ede Reményi) was sold in April 2026 for $1,658.00 while the cheapest item (TIMOTHY HOWE SIGNED PAPER POSTMASTER GENERAL UNDER PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD HAYES) found a new owner for $3.59 in September 2014. The month with the most items sold (2) was May 2008 with an average selling price of $504.50 for an autographed item of Rutherford Hayes. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2024 with $699.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.59 was September 2014. In average, an autographed item from Rutherford Hayes is worth $295.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Rutherford Hayes were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL / POLITICAL CAMPAIGN-AUTOGRAPH / SIGNATURE-RUTHERFORD HAYES | $110.49 |  |
 | 1880 California Homestead Certificate Signed by President Rutherford Hayes | $550.00 | |
| 19th President Rutherford Hayes Signed Cut BECKETT Authentic (Grad Collection) | $699.99 | |
| George W McCrary Secretary of War 1877-79 under Rutherford Hayes signed cut | $15.00 | |
 | President Rutherford Hayes Vintage 1901 White House Portrait w/Signature & Info | $31.94 | |
| Richard W. Thompson Signed Card-sec. Of Navy Under Rutherford Hayes 1889-1893 | $24.00 | |
| Rutherford Hayes 19th President Signed Cut BECKETT Authentic (Grad Collection) | $699.99 | |
| Rutherford Hayes 19th President Signed Cut BECKETT Authentic (Grad Collection) | $699.99 | |
| Rutherford Hayes 19th President Signed Cut BECKETT Authentic(Grad Collection) | $699.99 | |
| RUTHERFORD HAYES BUST STATUE FIGURINE WIKEN SIGNED, PEWTER GREY, BONDED STONE | $41.88 | |
| RUTHERFORD HAYES PSA/DNA SIGNED LARGE CUT AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH | $465.00 | |
| RUTHERFORD HAYES PSA/DNA SIGNED SIGNED CUT AUTHENTICATED AUTOGRAPH | $455.00 | |
| Rutherford Hayes Signed Card President | $255.00 | |
| RUTHERFORD HAYES SIGNED PSA/DNA CERTIFIED CUT AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH | $479.00 | |
| William Wheeler 19th Vice President Under Rutherford Hayes Cut Autographed Card | $49.97 | |
