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father
abram garfield was born december 28, 1799. he worked as a farmer and canal constructor he died on may 8, 1833 shortly after his james was born -
mother
eliza ballou garfield was born on september 21, 1801 in richmond, NH. she died at the age of 86 on jan 21, 1888 -
siblings
james garfield was the youngest of 5 siblings, 2 sisters mehitabel and mary garfield and 2 brothers thomas and james garfield
his brother james ballou garfield died 2 years before james abram garfield was born. his oldest sibling mehitabel was 10 years older then him -
vice president was born
chester alan aurthor garfields vice president was born -
birth
orange, ohio
mother- eliza garfield
father- abram garfield -
wife: lucretia Rudolph Garfield born
Year died: march 14, 1918 -
entered geauga semenary
in chester ohio -
graduated college
he graduated form williams college in williamstown mass. he went to learn teaching -
job
he taught latin, greek, higher mathmatics, history, philosophy, english literature, and english rhetoric -
married
hiram, ohio, he was married for almost 23 years before dying and widowing his wife, lucretia garfield -
first child
he had his first child eliza arabella garfield who was born on july 3 1860 but sadly died 3 years later on december 3 1863
his wife and him later went on to have 6 more hids 5 boys and 1 girl -
Eliza Arabella Garfield
first child was born, died: dec. 3, 1863 -
military
he was commissioned lieutenant colonel -
Harry Augustus Garfield
2nd child born died: dec. 12, 1942 -
left the army
he resigned from the army to take a seat in the house of representatives -
James Rudolph Garfield
3rd child born died: mar. 24, 1950 -
Mary(“Molly”) Garfield
4th child born died: dec. 40, 1947 -
Irvin McDowell Garfield
5th child born died july 18, 1951 -
Abram Garfield
6th child born died: oct. 16, 1958 -
Edward Garfield
last child born died: oct. 25, 1876 -
ran in the republican party
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elected president
james only had 10,000 more votes the his opponent, winfield scott hancock
he recieved 57.99% of the electoral votes (214 out of 369) -
metal detector
alexander grahm bell invented the metal detector to try and find the bullet the was in james garfields abdomen but was unsucessful and james garfield died -
became president
he ran against winfield scott hancock and won by about only 10,000 votes he had 58% of the electoral votes -
american red cross
Clara burton founded the American red cross to help people in the armed forces and their families and to help with disaster relief in the united states -
shot
shot while at a train station. he was shot 2 time once in the leg and once in the abdomen -
last letter
he wrote his last letter to his mother explaining the condition he was in and telling her he will be better soon and asking her to give his love to all of his relative especially sisters Hetty and Mary. -
death
shot by charles julius guiteau at potomac railway depot, washington dc on july 2, 1881
he died 80 days later of an infection that spread to his blood -
Chester Alan Arthur
chester alan arthur james garfields vice president becomes president after he dies -
wife died
lucretia Rudolph Garfield died at the age of 85
