Hayes Administration - Family Life
Family Life
Hayes returned to Ohio to begin his law practice. He became interested in a young woman, Lucy Webb, who attended the Wesleyan Female College and was an ardent Methodist, abolitionist, and prohibitionist. Hayes was skeptical of religion and social reform throughout his life, but despite of these differences they married on December 30, 1852. Devoted to each other, their marriage proved to be fulfilling, fruitful, and long-lasting. The couple had eight children, five of whom, four sons and a daughter, lived to maturity.
Lucy Ware Webb Hayes was almost nine years younger than her husband. Because she was adamant in her opposition to alcohol and firmly committed to prohibition, she refused to serve alcohol at the formal receptions in the executive mansion. For this reason the press nicknamed her "Lemonade Lucy." She died of a stroke on June 25, 1889.
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