Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893), the 19th President of the United States, had served as a Major General in the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman and a three-term governor of Ohio.  In his Inaugural Address, March 5, 1877, President Rutherford Birchard Hayes acknowledged he was:

"Looking for the guidance of that Divine Hand by which the destinies of nations and individuals are shaped."  - March 5, 1877.  Benjamin Weiss, God in American History: A Documentation of America's Religious Heritage (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1966), p. 103.  Willard Cantelon, Money Master of the World (Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1976), p. 120.

President Rutherford B. Hayes declared:

"I am a firm believer in the Divine teachings, perfect example, and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  I believe also in the Holy Scriptures as the revealed Word of God to the world for its enlightenment and salvation."  - Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, Oregon: American Heritage Ministries, 1987), p. 233.