JAMES+A.+GARFIELD

=JAMES A. GARFIELD BY:PAIGE DAVI **S**  =

James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. Unfortuently, his presidency was cut short. President Garfield was a Republican, and was a member of the House of Representatives. He grew up poor, so he didn’t have an outstanding education. He barley got by. Garfield however, did have some significant contributes in office. Former President James A. Garfield was born on November 19,1831 in a log cabin in Orange Township,(now Moreland Hills, Ohio). He lived there until he attended collage. His father, Andrew Epstein Garfield died when James was a baby. He was raised by his mother Eliza Ballou, sisters, and his uncle. He grew up in relative poverty, so his family did not have much money. Garfield attended the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later named Hiram Collage in Hiram, Ohio). He transferred to Williams Collage in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was apart of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He was an excellent student, he studied teaching. James started preaching for one year at Franklin Circle Christian Church. After that Garfield taught at Eclectic Institute. He was an instructor in classical Languages. He was then made principale of the Institute from 1857 to 1860. Garfield was also a major genral in the United States Army. Garfield was part of the House of Represenatives. Garfield was in the Civil War. He also took part in the battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Battle of Middle Creed which he is most famous from.( James Garfield was married to Lucretia Rudolph in 1858, they had seven children. But in the mid-1860s, Garfield had an affair with Lucia Calhoun, which he later admitted to his wife, who forgave him.) Garfield was elected president on March 4, 1881 but unfortunently his inability to preform the duties of office following an assassination attempt on July 2, 1881, raised for the second time in U.S. history, the question of presidential succession. As an end result Garfield was shot, and killed on September 19, 1881. Former president 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 remembered for his dramatic assassination a mere 100 days after he assumed office. James A. Garfield was an intelligent man. Two of his most famous quotes were “A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him, he is a Devil,” and “He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation”. A similarity that i found out between President Garfield and i is that we are both born from a Welsh ancestry. My grandmother is Welch. There are many differences between me and Garfield. For instence, I am not a man, and I didn’t have an affair with my wife. I also don’t have a beard! Garfield did not inspire me. I think that if I was a man he would be more inspiring. James A. Garfield was an intelligent man, but as for a president, Garfield did not succeed in being a president. He was only president for a mere 100 days. Although Garfield remains the only sitting member of the House of Representatives. To have been elected President.

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