NAME: James Abram Garfield BORN: November 19, 1831 PARENTS: Abram Garfield and Eliza Ballou Garfield COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: born...Orange, Ohio (Cuyahoga County) later moved to...Mentor, Ohio (Lake County) EDUCATION: graduated, Geauga Seminary (later called Hiram College) graduated, Williams College, Williamstown, MA OCCUPATION: --- farmer; --- helmsman on the Ohio Canal; --- teacher; --- President of Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later Hiram College), 1857 - 1861; --- Ohio state senator; --- Civil War soldier; Lieutenant Colonel, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, commissioned August 21, 1861; --- U.S. House of Representatives, 1863 - 1880 (elected while serving in military) President of the United States March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881 (died in office) (part of one term, Republican) 20th President DIED: September 19, 1881 (died in office),Elberon, NJ BURIED: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio National Historic Site White House Entry Internet Public Library Return to Main Page Return to Name index Return to Career Index Return to County Index |
FAST FACTS:
During the Civil War, Garfield attained the rank of Major General. He fought at Big Sandy and at Paintville. While
campaigning for President in German communities, he was known to give speeches in German.
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