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James A. Garfield. Title Major General; 20th President of the United States. Date of Birth - Death November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881. After waiting several months to receive a military commission from Ohio’s governor, ardent anti-secessionist James A. Garfield was offered the lieutenant colonelcy of the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Feb 14, 2024 · James Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March to September 1881. He was assassinated just six months into his presidency and is the second-shortest-serving president in American history. Garfield was a Republican and a former Union general during the Civil War. As president, he sought to promote civil service ...
On July 2, 1881, President James A. Garfield entered a railroad station in Washington, D.C. After a hectic first four months in office, he looked forward to taking the train to the New Jersey seashore. There he would join his wife, Lucretia, and their children for a well-earned vacation. As the president made his way to the train, chatting companionably with Secretary of State James G. Blaine ...
U.S. Pres. James A. Garfield, 1880. James A. Garfield, (born Nov. 19, 1831, near Orange, Ohio, U.S.—died Sept. 19, 1881, Elberon, N.J.), 20th president of the U.S. (1881). He was the last president born in a log cabin. He attended Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later Hiram College) at Hiram, Ohio, and graduated (1856) from Williams ...
Jul 21, 2019 · James A. Garfield ( November 19, 1831—September 19, 1881) was an educator, lawyer, and a major general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate and to the U.S. Congress before becoming the 20th American president on March 4, 1881. He served only until Sept. 19, 1881, when he died from complications ...
James A. Garfield: Life in Brief. By Justus Doenecke. James A. Garfield is remembered as one of the four "lost Presidents" who served rather uneventfully after the Civil War. Of the four lost Presidents—Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and Harrison—Garfield is best remembered for his dramatic assassination a mere 100 days after he assumed office.
English: James Abram Garfield was 20th president of the United States. Deutsch: James Abram Garfield (* 19. November 1831 in Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; † 19. September 1881 in Elberon, New Jersey) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker (Republikanische Partei) und vom 4. März 1881 bis zu seinem Tod der 20.
