
March 4, 1881 - September 18, 1881*
|
VICE
PRESIDENT

Chester A. Arthur |
FIRST
LADY

Lucretia Garfield |
 |
BORN: November 19, 1831 |
|
| Orange, Ohio |
|
| CHILDREN: 5 Sons, 2 Daughters |
| MILITARY SERVICE: Brigadier General,
Civil War |
| PROFESSION: Minister, Teacher |
| POLITICAL PARTY: Republican |
| HOME STATE: Ohio |
| POLITICAL OFFICES: U.S.
Representative, U.S. Senator |
| DIED: September 19, 1881 (Age - 49) |
*Assasinated while in office |
| LAST WORDS: "My work is
done." |
| BURIED: Cleveland, Ohio |
| James
Garfield "is exceptionally clean for a man who has been engaged for twenty years in
politics." A
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Newspaper "Fellow-citizens: God reigns, and the Government at
Washington still lives." James
Garfield in 1865 to an angry New York mob that had just heard news of Abraham Lincoln's
assassination. |