James Garfield
20th President (1881)
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Birth:
November 19, 1831 at Cuyahoga County, Ohio as James Abram Garfield
Death:
September 19, 1881 at Elberon, New Jersey
The Life of President James Garfield
Birthplace and Gravesite
Photographs of Garfield Birthplace — Moreland Hills, Ohio
Photographs of Garfield Gravesite — Cleveland, Ohio
First Lady & Family
Lucretia Garfield Biography from the White House
Pictures of Lucretia Garfield from the Library of Congress
Genealogy
Ancestors and Descendants of James Garfield
The Arms of James A. Garfield
Biographies
White House Biography
Biography from Biography.com
Congressional Biography
Pictures & Portraits
Pictures from the Library of Congress
Garfield images
James Garfield's Presidency
Cabinet & Staff
List by infoplease.com
James Blaine - Secretary of State
Robert Lincoln - Secretary of War
Speeches, Papers & Historical Documents
Speeches from Presidential Rhetoric
James A. Garfield Papers at the Library of Congress
The James A. Garfield Collection at Hiram College
Garfield Papers webcast
Garfield Resource Guide from the Library of Congress
Text of Inaugural Address from Bartelby.com
Vice President
Chester Arthur
Events During Garfield's Administration & Lifetime
Outline of events during Garfield's administration
Civil War Service
Professor and Principal of Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College)
Assassination
Inauguration
Election Results & Presidential Campaigns
Year
Opponent
Results
1880
Winfield S. Hancock (Democrat)
Garfield 214, Hancock 155
1880 Election Overview
Hancock/English campaign memorabilia
1880 Campaign & Election History
Further Information about James Garfield
National Historic Sites, State Historic Sites, Landmarks, Memorials & Places to Visit
James A. Garfield Birthplace - Moreland Hills, Ohio
James A. Garfield Gravesite - Cleveland, Ohio
James A. Garfield National Historic Site - Mentor, Ohio
Garfield Assassination Site - Washington, D.C.
Garfield statue at U.S. Capitol - Washington, D.C.
Garfield statue - Wilmington, Delaware
Garfield statue - Hiram, Ohio
Garfield statue - Cincinnati, Ohio
Garfield statue - Columbus, Ohio
Garfield statue - Rapid City, South Dakota
Miscellaneous
Inaugural Items
The Garfield Observer Blog
The Murder of President James A. Garfield
Garfield Assassination information from the Smithsonian
Murder of a President film from PBS' American Experience
How doctors killed President Garfield from CBS News
Eyewitness to History article about the Garfield Assassination
The Assassination of Garfield: A Contemporary Account
Unmarked Site of the Assassination of President Garfield
Biography of Charles Guiteau, assassin of James Garfield
Charles Guiteau trial
Who Killed James A. Garfield? blog
The Stalking of the President from Smithsonian.com
Garfield Assassination historic newspapers
Guiteau and the Assassination of President Garfield
Alexander Graham Bell and the Garfield Assassination
Charles Guiteau collection at Georgetown University
Garfield's health and medical history
Garfield Quotes
Books & Other Media
The Fatal Bullet: The True Account of the Assassination, Lingering, Pain, Death, and Burial of James A. Garfield
The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur
James A. Garfield
Crete and James: Personal Letters of Lucretia and James Garfield
Garfield: A Biography
James Garfield and the Civil War
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Dark Horse: the Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield
From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield: Letting His Light Shine
A Biography of James A. Garfield: The Preacher President
James A. Garfield: A Bibliography
The Garfield Orbit
The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield Twentieth President of the United States
Trivia
10 Interesting Facts about Garfield
Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem