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Garfield, James A.
A Republican party political leader of the nineteenth century, who served as president in 1881. After only a few months in office, he was assassinated by a man who had been angered by not having received a public job under the spoils system. Garfield's assassination gave momentum to the drive to abandon the spoils system.
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Johnny Cash – “Mister Garfield†James A. Garfield tends to get lost to history, and when he’s mentioned at all, it’s because of his assassination.
The real Garfield — James A. Garfield — was a U.S. president killed by an assassin, 16 years after the shooting of Abraham Lincoln.
Garfield, James A., assassination, 294, 306.
Garfield, James A., on electoral commission, 180; Â Â defeated for speaker, 181, 184; Â Â quoted, 185; Â Â in convention of 1880, 187; Â Â nominates Sherman, 1880, 192; Â Â is himself selected, 193; Â Â biographical sketch, 193; Â Â inaugurated, 196; Â Â assassinated, 197; Â Â his cabinet, 301.
Garfield, James A., and his mother, 308; early life of, 149; grave of, 490.
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