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Lucy Webb Hayes

1831 - 1889

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Lucy Ware Hayes (née Webb; August 28, 1831 – June 25, 1889) was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and served as first lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881. Hayes was the first First Lady to have a college degree. She was also a more egalitarian hostess than previous First Ladies. An advocate for African Americans both before and after the American Civil War, she invited the first African-American professional musician to appear at the White House. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucy Webb Hayes is the 1,898th most popular politician (up from 14,855th in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,237th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Lucy Webb Hayes ranks 1,898 out of 19,576. Before her are Cyrus I, Talaat Pasha, Alexander of Battenberg, Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Paul Doumer, and Robert, Count of Clermont. After her are Meñli I Giray, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Sirikit, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Josef Kramer, and Caroline Bonaparte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Lucy Webb Hayes ranks 12. Before her are James A. Garfield, Emperor Kōmei, Richard Dedekind, Xianfeng Emperor, Savitribai Phule, and Leo von Caprivi. After her are Cheoljong of Joseon, Eduard Suess, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Johann Martin Schleyer, Joseph Joachim, and Victorien Sardou. Among people deceased in 1889, Lucy Webb Hayes ranks 6. Before her are James Prescott Joule, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, and Baroness Mary Vetsera. After her are Yohannes IV, Luís I of Portugal, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Father Damien, Alexandre Cabanel, and Mihai Eminescu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucy Webb Hayes ranks 653 out of 20,380. Before her are Goldie Hawn (1945), King C. Gillette (1855), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), David Carradine (1936), Gordon Allport (1897), and Dian Fossey (1932). After her are William Lipscomb (1919), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), William S. Burroughs (1914), Paul Berg (1926), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), and Dave Grohl (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lucy Webb Hayes ranks 80. Before her are Frances Cleveland (1864), Pontiac (1714), Dick Cheney (1941), Tim Walz (1964), Chester A. Arthur (1829), and John Kerry (1943). After her are Edwin Stanton (1814), Kamala Harris (1964), Mike Pence (1959), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Andrew Mellon (1855), and Laura Bush (1946).

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