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James. A. Garfield

By jellison

  • Birth

  • Worked on a canal boat

  • Attended Geauga Seminary and Western Reserve Eclectic Institute

    Attended Geauga Seminary and Western Reserve Eclectic Institute

  • Attended Williams College

    Attended Williams College

  • Married Lucretia Rudolph

    Married Lucretia Rudolph

  • Elected to Ohio state senate

  • Admitted to Ohio bar (lawyer)

  • Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; promoted to colonel, brigadier genearl, then major general

    Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; promoted to colonel, brigadier genearl, then major general

  • Served in the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Elected to the U.S. Senate and as 20th President of the United States

    Elected to the U.S. Senate and as 20th President of the United States

  • Shot by Charles Julius Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker.

    Shot by Charles Julius Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker.

  • Died in Elberon, New Jersey and was buried in Lakeview Cemetary in Cleveland, Ohio.