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| Name |
James Abram Garfield |
| Prefix |
President |
| Birth |
19 Nov 1831 |
Moreland Hills, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Sep 1881 |
Elberon, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States |
| Burial |
26 Sep 1881 |
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
11 Oct 1889 |
MANTI |
| FamilySearch ID |
LZ6W-F3Y |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I90479 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Abram Garfield, b. 28 Dec 1799, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States d. 8 May 1833, Orange, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 33 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Ballou, b. 21 Sep 1801, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States d. 21 Jan 1888, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
3 Feb 1820 |
Worcester, Otsego, New York, United States |
| Family ID |
F30012 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph, b. 19 Apr 1832, Garrettsville, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 14 Mar 1918, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
11 Nov 1858 |
Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Eliza Arabella "Trot" Garfield, b. 3 Jul 1860, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 3 Dec 1863, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States (Age 3 years) |
| | 2. Harry Augustus Garfield, b. 11 Oct 1863, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 12 Dec 1942, Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States (Age 79 years) |
| | 3. James Rudolph Garfield, b. 17 Oct 1865, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 24 Mar 1950, Cleves, Hamilton, Ohio, United States (Age 84 years) |
| | 4. Irvin McDowell Garfield, b. 3 Aug 1870, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 18 Jul 1951, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years) |
| | 5. Abram Garfield, b. 21 Nov 1872, Washington, District of Columbia, United States d. 16 Oct 1958, Bratenahl, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 6. Mary "Molly" Garfield, b. 16 Jan 1867, Washington, District of Columbia, United States d. 30 Dec 1947, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 80 years) |
| | 7. Edward Garfield, b. 25 Dec 1874, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States d. 25 Oct 1876, Washington, District of Columbia, United States (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F30014 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 19 Nov 1831 - Moreland Hills, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
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 | Marriage - 11 Nov 1858 - Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States |
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 | Death - 19 Sep 1881 - Elberon, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States |
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 | Burial - 26 Sep 1881 - Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 11 Oct 1889 - MANTI |
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| Notes |
- 20th President of the United States.
He was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 18 8 1, until his death by assassination six months into his term of office . H e served nine terms in the House of Representatives and is the only s itti ng member of the House to be elected president. Just before his cand idac y for the White House, he was elected to the Senate by the Ohio Gene ral A ssembly, a position he declined when he became president-elect.
Garfield was born into poverty in a log cabin and grew up in northeaste r n Ohio. After graduating from Williams College, he studied law and beca m e an attorney. He was elected as a Republican member of the Ohio Stat e Se nate in 1859, serving until 1861. He opposed Confederate secession , wa s a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a nd fo ught in the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga. Garfi eld wa s elected to Congress in 1862 to represent Ohio's 19th district. T hrougho ut his congressional service, he firmly supported the gold standa rd and g ained a reputation as a skilled orator. He initially agreed wit h Radica l Republican views on Reconstruction, but later favored a modera te approa ch to civil rights enforcement for freedmen. Garfield's aptitud e for math ematics extended to a notable proof of the Pythagorean theorem , which h e published in 1876.
At the 1880 Republican National Convention, delegates chose Garfield, w h o had not sought the White House, as a compromise presidential nomine e o n the 36th ballot. In the 1880 presidential election, he conducte d a low- key front porch campaign and narrowly defeated Democratic nomine e Winfiel d Scott Hancock. Garfield's accomplishments as president includ ed his res urgence of presidential authority against senatorial courtes y in executiv e appointments, a purge of corruption in the Post Office, a nd his appoint ment of a Supreme Court justice.
A member of the intraparty "Half-Breed" faction, Garfield used the powe r s of the presidency to defy the powerful "Stalwart" New York senator Ro sc oe Conkling by appointing Blaine faction leader William H. Robertson t o t he lucrative post of Collector of the Port of New York, triggerin g a frac as that resulted in Robertson's confirmation and the resignation s of Conk ling and Thomas C. Platt from the Senate. Garfield advocated ag ricultura l technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for Afri can Americ ans. He also proposed substantial civil service reforms, whic h were passe d by Congress in 1883 as the Pendleton Civil Service Refor m Act and signe d into law by his successor, Chester A. Arthur.
On July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed and delusional offi c e seeker, shot Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Statio n i n Washington. The wound was not immediately fatal. He died on Septemb er 1 9, 1881, from infections caused by his doctors.
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