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James Abram Garfield

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Garfield, James Abram 

Born Nov. 19, 1831, in Orange, Ohio; died Sept. 19, 1881, in Elberon, N. J. US statesman and politician. Born into the family of a farmer.

During the Civil War (1861-65), Garfield was one of the commanding officers of Lincoln’s army. In 1862 he was elected to Congress; in the 1870’s he became House Republican leader. After a hard-fought contest he was nominated by the Republican Party for the presidency in the 1880 elections. He became president on Mar. 17, 1881. He died after being seriously wounded by an assassin on July 2, 1881.
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1881: James Abram Garfield, 20th US president, died of wounds suffered when he was shot in July.
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1881: James Abram Garfield, 20th US president, died of wounds suffered when he was shot in July.
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1881: James Abram Garfield, 20th US president, died of wounds suffered when he was shot in July.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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