Rutherford B. Hayes was a military officer, lawyer, and politician who served as the nineteenth President of the United States from 1877 to 1881
As President, he was given the Resolute Desk by Queen Victoria as a thank you gift for finding the abandoned HMS Resolute.[1]
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- ↑ "It was built from the timbers of the H.M.S. Resolute and given to Rutherford Hayes by Queen Victoria to thank the U.S. for finding the abandoned ship." from Night Five