William Harrison, a frontier army general whose fame (and nickname) was assured at the battle of Tippecanoe, spent only 32 days in office before dying.
When he was nominated by the Republican Party for president in 1876, Hayes' resume included service as a Civil War officer, a congressman and a governor of Ohio.
Chester Arthur's sense of fairness affected his concept of foreign relations. He tried to lower tariffs in general and negotiated trade agreements with partners in the Western Hemisphere.
