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James Abram Garfield was born on Nov. 11th, 1856 in Orange, Ohio. His parents are Abram Garfield and Eliza Ballou Garfield
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Abram Garfield, his father and who he was named after, died just 2 years after his son was born. James A Garfield never knew him but he still held a special place in his heart.
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When he was 8 years old he wanted to be a sailor when he grew up
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He joined the Disciples of Christ. He was a Disciple of Christ for the rest of his life
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Attended Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later Hiram College), Hiram, Ohio. Taught in district schools between terms.
Attended Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
He was the President, Eclectic Institute of Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, and taught Latin, Greek, mathematics, history, philosophy, English literature, and rhetoric. -
James A Garfield got married to Lucretia Rudolph on Nov. 11, 1858, in Hiram, Ohio.
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He became a member of the Ohio state senate
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Daughter Eliza Arabella Garfield was born. She died on December 1 1863.
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He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the 42nd regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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Garfield was considered a hero in the Civil War first by making the Confederates withdraw from the field, and his leadership skills was further distinguished when he decided not to pursue them so that his men would not be too tired, and for food and other supplies be given to them.
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He was promoted from chief of staff to Major general of volunteers
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Participated in the Battle of Chickamauga. U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.
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Son Harry Augustus Garfield born. He lived until 1942
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He resigned from the Army to join the House of Representatives. He had to resign from this job because they elected him president.
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Fifty thousand angry citizens assembled at the Custom House in New York City ready to avenge Lincoln. Garfield while visiting as a member of Congress addressed the mob and calmed them with his moving words, and stopped the riot
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Son James Rudolph Garfield born. He died on march 24, 1950.
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Daughter Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown born. She died November Nov 30, 1947
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Son Irvin McDowell Garfield born. He died on July 19, 1951
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New York Sun reporting on the Credit Mobilier scandal implicated Garfield and other political figures of having profited in the scheme by receiving shares of railroad stock in exchange for legislative support; Garfield denied the allegation.
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Son Abram Garfield born. He lived until Oct. 16, 1958
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Son Edward ("Neddie") Garfield born. He died on Oct. 25, 1876.
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He joined the Literary society of Washington and was in it until he died in 1881
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He was nominated for president at a Republican convention at Chicago. It was on the thirty-sixth ballot as Republican Party’s presidential candidate, with Chester A. Arthur as the vice presidential candidate.
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He was elected for presidency when he was in the House of Representatives
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the American Red Cross was organized by Clarissa Harlowe Barton when she was 59. It was inspired by the International Red Cross.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the first metal detector. As President James Garfield lay dying of an assassin's bullet, Bell hurriedly invented a crude metal detector in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the fatal slug.
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He wanted to increase black's rights. When he was campaigning this was one thing he said he would do when he became president.
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He was shot by Charles J. Guiteau while passing through a railroad depot, in Washington D.C.
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He died when he was 49 and 304 years old in Elberon, New Jersey. He died of blood poisoning 80 days after he gets shot.
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He was buried in the Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Charles Julius Guiteau was hung on June 30, 1882, just 2 days before the 1st anniversary of the shooting of the President.
