Lot 274
Hayes, Rutherford B (1822-1893). 19th President of the U.S. (1877-81). Hayes served (1865-67) as a Republican in Congress and was three times elected (1867, 1869, 1875) governor of Ohio. In 1876, chosen as the Republican candidate for president, he ran against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. In the election the returns of South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, and Oregon were disputed, and Congress created an electoral commission to decide the result. The commission awarded all the disputed returns to Hayes, thus giving him a majority of one in the electoral college. Indignation over this partisan decision affected Hayes's administration, which was generally conservative and efficient and no more. He withdrew federal troops from Louisiana and South Carolina, ending the Reconstruction era.
Document Signed ("R B Hayes"). As President. Partially printed, accomplished in manuscript. One page, 16 x 19½", Washington D.C., June 12, 1879. Countersigned by Secretary of War George McCrary. Being an Army appointment for one John J. Coppinger. On vellum. Wafer seal intact and affixed at upper left. Recorder's signature at upper left corner. With one vertical and five horizontal creases; splitting along central horizontal fold measuring 4½: in length; two splits along vertical fold, a few light stains and toning. In good condition overall.
Towards the end of his presidency, here Hayes grants one John J. Coppinger to be Major of the Tenth Regiment of Infantry. Coppinger had served in the 1865 Appomattox Campaign, and was appointed Colonel thereafter. Clearly, this document records the career of a brave soldier.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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