... search for work. He soon found a job working on a canal boat, but had to return home six weeks later due to illness. After Garfield became well again, he taught in school district schools until he finally got into the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, presently Hiram College. There he studied and ... also taught. From there he attended Williams Collage. In 1856 he graduated with honors, and, two years later, became the principle and taught there. Garfield also talked and lectured at funerals and wedding services. He was a very religious man. He was very much against slavery, which was ...

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... army, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives but, he did not resign his commission until December eighteen sixty-three. Garfield got reelected to the House eight times. While in office after the Civil War he supported the Radical Republicans for the reconstruction plan. ... property "without due process of law" or of not giving to each person the equal protection of the law." In eighteen seventy-two, Garfield was accused of accepting gifts of stock from the Credit Mobilier. Credit Mobilier is a cooperation seeking favors from the government. He denied all ... eigh...

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... a Jane Austin fan with an attractive nose, Frank Sinatra eyes, and a ready arm to throw about a friend's shoulders. (www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/20.htm) President Garfield enjoyed the hobbies of fishing, chess, and card playing. He was a 'dark horse' President who served only 199 days in office before he was shot by Charles J. Guiteau in a Washington, ... Scott Hancock to become the 20th President of the United States. His Vice President was Chester A. Arthur and he earned a yearly salary of $50,000. Garfield was preceded by Rutherford B. Hayes and succeeded by Chester A. Arthur. With Ga...

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... he never doubted his ability to command. He offered his services to the Governor and believed he was entitled to colonel or brigadier general. Garfield became lieutenant colonel of the Forty-second Regiment. He had no officers to instruct, no troops to command, no horses, no uniforms. He ... general two years later. During this time, the North wanted to restore the Union without interfering in the "established institutions of the States."# Garfield believed that the eradication of slavery and destruction of the planter class were necessary before the Union could be restored.# Meanwhile, ...

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... country have known. Although these presidents have served in varying time, the Gilded and Progressive Eras saw the Buckeye State gain its prominence in presidential grooming. Presidents W.H. Harrison, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, B. Harrison, McKinley, Taft, and Harding all are originally from Ohio. This begs the question, why if a state such as Ohio has been so prolific in producing presidents has this not ... when President Harrison died of phenomena one month after his term began. This marked the auspicious beginning for Ohio and Presidency. Forty years later James Garfield, a native of O...

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