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Jsmes Garfield Timeline

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  • 1856 James Garfield graduated from college

    1856 James Graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts and was one of the only 6 students to recieve honors

  • 1857

    Named president of the Western Reserve Eclectic Institut. A very high role

  • 1858, James Garfield married Lucretia Rudolph

    James Garfield Married Lucretia Rudolph.

  • Elected to the Ohio State Senate

    He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1859 as a Republican. During the secession crisis, he advocated for coercing the seceding states back into the Union.

  • Became the youngest Brigadier General in the Union Army

    He was the youngest Brigadier General. Being a general at a young age shows great responsibilty and couarage.

  • Elected to the U.S House of Representatives

    Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. first was declined for US president but kept succeding/

  • 1876

    Served on the commission that settled the Hayes-Tilden presidential election.

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    held three federal government positions at the same time. He was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives when the Ohio Senate elected him to the U.S.

  • 1880

    elcted to the U.S. Senate.

  • James Garfield shot

    On July 2, 1881, President James Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau as he walked through the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station with Secretary of State James Blaine.

  • 1881

    James Madison was eleced as the 20th president