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Title
James
Garfield
Pocket
Knife
Subject
Presidents and Politics
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Knives
Place
Mentor (Ohio)
Lake County (Ohio)
Description
This
pocket
knife
,
inscribed
"
J
.
Garfield
"
surfaced
on an
Ohio
Canal
towpath
after
James
A.
Garfield's
death
in
1881
. The
finder
of the
knife
sent
it
to
Lucretia
Garfield
with a
letter
describing
how and
where
it
was
found
.
Whether
or not this
story
is
true
, the
pocket
knife
is
illustrative
of
Garfield's
humble
beginnings
in a
frontier
log
cabin
. His
multifaceted
career
included
work
as a
canal
driver
,
janitor
,
carpenter
,
preacher
,
soldier
,
educator
, and
politician
.
Garfield
ultimately
was
elected
to the
presidency
in
1880
. The
knife
measures
3.15
"
x.67
"
(8
x
1.7
cm)
.
James
A.
Garfield
(1831-1881)
was
president
of the
United
States
from
March
4
,
1881
to
September
19
,
1881
.
Before
beginning
his
political
career
,
Garfield
was a
student
at the
Western
Reserve
Eclectic
Institute
(1852-1854)
,
teacher
of
ancient
languages
(1853
,
1856-1861)
,
principal
(1857-1863)
, and
trustee
(1864-1881)
.
Born
in
Cuyahoga
County
,
Ohio
,
Garfield
was the
youngest
of
five
children
.
Garfield's
father
died
when
he was
two
, and his
family
was
left
poverty-stricken
. As a
teenager
,
Garfield
worked
on a
canal
boat
.
Education
was
important
to him,
so
he
set
out
to
enroll
in the
Western
Reserve
Eclectic
Institute
(now
Hiram
College)
.
Garfield
then
went
to
Williams
College
before
returning
to
Hiram
to
teach
at the
institute
.
After
a
lengthy
courtship
,
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
became
a
lieutenant
colonel
in the
42nd
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
(O.V.I.)
during
the
Civil
War
, and
served
as
representative
to the
U.S
.
House
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
Senate
. His
plans
changed
,
however
,
when
he was
nominated
for
president
at the
Republican
National
Convention
later
that
year
.
Date of Original
1835
circa
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
JAGA 16
Submitting Institution
Western Reserve Historical Society
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
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om498_1035070_001.tif
Image Height
692
Image Width
1292
File Size
263.966 KB
Format
picture
;
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