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When James A Garfield was born -
helped his widowed mom and worked on farm. -
taught a term in a district school in Geauga country Ohio -
attended Geauga Seminary later changed to western reserve electric institute -
attended Williams college -
he got elected president of the western reserve electric institute -
he was a member of Ohio state senate. -
promoted to colonel -
ordered into the field at big sandy valley -
commanded brigade at Shiloh but wasn't ordered into fighting until the second day -
developed camp fever relieved of command and given leave to recuperate -
defeated confederate forces under general Marshall at Paintsville Ky. -
promoted to brigadier general of volunteers -
appointed chief of staff under general Rosecrans -
elected while in military service -
promoted to major general of volunteers -
resigned from the army to take a seat in the house of representatives -
moved to Mentor Ohio -
election of 1876 -
to decide contents in the various states in the future election -
he was elected president of the U.S. -
elected by Ohio legislature to the U.S. for a term beginning Mar. 4.1881 -
member of electoral commission -
resigned from the house of representatives -
declined senatorial election having been elected president -
post office discovery of fraudulent payments for mail services
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shot by Charles J Guiteau while passing through the railroad depot in WashingtonD.C. -
senators resigned because of a disagreement with president Garfield -
American red cross organized -
he died from the effects of a wound at Elberon New Jersey