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James A. Garfield Assassination Newspaper Accounts

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Title	James A. Garfield Assassination Newspaper Accounts
Subject	Presidents and Politics Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Assassinations
Place	Willoughby (Ohio) Lake County (Ohio) Washington (District of Columbia)
Description	Two newspaper articles from the Willoughby Independent report the assassination and death of James A. Garfield (1831-1881), the Cuyahoga County native who served as president of the United States from March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 by Charles J. Guiteau, a Washington attorney who was upset that he did not receive a federal appointment. The president died three months later on September 19, 1881 at Elberon, New Jersey. Garfield was the youngest of five children. His father died when he was two, and his family was left poverty-stricken. As a teenager, Garfield worked on a canal boat. He enrolled in the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College), then went to Williams College to complete his education. Garfield married Lucretia Rudolph (1832-1918) in 1858. Lucretia was the daughter of Zeb Rudolph, a devoted member of the Disciples of Christ and one of the founders of the institute. Garfield served as a lieutenant colonel in the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) during the Civil War, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880. He supported the Radical Republican plan for African American suffrage, as well as the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. In 1880, Garfield was elected to the U.S. Senate. His plans changed, however, when he was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention later that year. The election was close, but Garfield emerged the winner.
Date of Original	July 08, 1881 - September 23, 1881
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library
Type	Text

Title	Om866_963999_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om866_963999_001.tif
Image Height	1424
Image Width	6688
File Size	489.494 KB
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