The Seal of the President of the United States is the official arms of the U.S. presidency and is based on the Great Seal of the United States. The first U.S. president to use a seal distinctly for the presidency was Rutherford B. Hayes who authorized its creation in 1880. Hayes used the seal for White House invitations and on the president's standard (flag) on a field of blue with four gold stars in the corners. Woodrow Wilson was the first president to apply the presidential seal to a state china service instead of using the great seal. Harry S. Truman had the seal redesigned on October 26, 1945, adding the circle of stars (increased from 48 to 49 and 50 following the admissions of Alaska and Hawaii in 1959) and re-orienting the eagle towards its own right, making the seal consistent with long-established heraldic custom. The fact that it was now facing the olive branch, thus symbolizing that the United States favours peace, was given as an explanation for the change.