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The Death of President Garfield

The death of President James A. Garfield from an assassin’s bullet, if it were not so tragic, could be construed as almost comical given the care it received from incompetent doctors. They were as guilty of the man’s death as of the bullet placed in his back. Alexander Graham Bellus, with dirty fingers stuck in […]

Election of 1880: Garfield vs the Resurgent Democrats

Candidates: Republican Party: James Garfield (Ohio) and Chester Arthur (New York) Democratic Party: Winfield Hancock (Pennsylvania) and William English (Indiana) Greenback Labor: James Weaver (Iowa) and Benjamin Chambers (Texas) Election Results: Garfield/Arthur: 214 electoral votes, 4.446 million popular votes Hancock/English: 155 electoral votes, 4.444 million popular votes Weaver/Chambers: 0 electoral votes, 305,000 popular votes Summary: […]

The Ghosts of the James A. Garfield House in Hiram, Ohio

Ohio has the distinct honor of giving rise to more presidents in U.S. history than any other states. For many years, James A. Garfield lived in the town of Hiram in a building now known as the Garfield House. The Garfield House is one of the few national landmark-designated buildings in Ohio, and some say […]