• Lucy Webb Hayes
    Harper's Weekly
    portrait
    This etching of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes was done for "Harper's Weekly" from a photograph by James Landy, a photographer professionally known as J. Landy. Mrs. Hayes, the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes, was the first first lady to graduate from college, earning her degree from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College in 1850. She was an abolitionist and supporter of the temperance movement. Together, she and President Hayes raised five children.
  • Rutherford B. Hayes
    Harper's Weekly
    portrait
    This etching of President Rutherford B. Hayes was done for "Harper's Weekly" from a photograph by James Landy, a photographer professionally known as J. Landy. President Hayes served as the 19th President of the Untied states from 1877-1881. Prior to his presidency, Hayes twice served as governor of Ohio and represented the state's 2nd district in the House of Representatives. He and his wife, First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes, raised five children together.