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Title
James
Garfield
House
Subject
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
National parks & reserves
Historic houses
Place
Mentor (Ohio)
Lake County (Ohio)
Description
This
image
shows
the
James
Garfield
House
in
Mentor
,
Ohio
.
James
Abram
Garfield
was the
twentieth
President
of the
United
States
.
Garfield
purchased
the
home
in
1876
to
accommodate
his
growing
family
. The
home
,
named
Lawnfield
by
onlookers
, was the
site
of the
first
successful
front
porch
campaign
in
1880
. That
same
year
,
Garfield
had
11
more
rooms
added
to the
building
to
accommodate
his
large
family
.
James
A.
Garfield
was
President
from
March
4
,
1881
,
until
his
death
on
September
19
,
1881
.
Four
years
after
his
assassination
, the
Memorial
Library
wing
was
added
by
Mrs
.
Garfield
and her
family
-
setting
the
precedent
for
presidential
libraries
. In
1859
,
Garfield
began
a
political
career
,
winning
election
to the
Ohio
Senate
as a
member
of the
Republican
Party
.
During
the
Civil
War
,
Garfield
resigned
his
position
as
president
of
Hiram
College
and
joined
the
Union
Army
. He
began
as
lieutenant-colonel
of the
Forty-Second
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
and
fought
in the
Battles
of
Shiloh
and
Chickamauga
. He
resigned
from the
army
on
December
5
,
1863
, with the
rank
of
major
general
.
Garfield
resigned
his
commission
because
Ohio
voters
had
elected
him to the
United
States
House
of
Representatives
. He
served
nine
consecutive
terms
in the
House
of
Representatives
before
he was
elected
President
of the
United
States
in
1880
. In
Congress
,
Garfield
was a
supporter
of the
Radical
Republicans
. He
opposed
President
Andrew
Johnson's
lenient
policy
toward
the
conquered
Southern
states
and
demanded
the
enfranchisement
of
African-American
men
.
Garfield
served
for
only
four
months
before
he was
shot
by
Charles
J
.
Guiteau
. The
president
lived
for
two
more
months
,
before
dying
on
September
19
,
1881
.
Collection
Ohio
Department
of
Industrial
and
Economic
Development
Source
State
Archives
Series
741
AV
;
Box
3
,
Folder
40b
Format
Picture
;
Photographic
Print
(Black
and
White)
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06509.tif
Image Height
5959
Image Width
5959
File Size
86321076 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-06
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