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| James Garfield
(1831 - 1881)
| Timeline |
| 1831 |
Born 19 November |
| 1851 |
Attends the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later named Hiram College) |
| 1856 |
Graduates Williams College; teaches classical languages at the Eclectic Institute |
| 1857 |
Principal at the Eclectic Institute until 1860 |
| 1858 |
Marries Lucretia Rudolph |
| 1859 |
Elected an Ohio state senator - serves until 1861 |
| 1860 |
Admitted to the Ohio bar; daughter, Eliza, born
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| 1861 |
Enlists in the Union Army, and is assigned to command the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| 1862 |
Promoted to the rank of brigadier general; elected to the United States House of Representatives |
| 1863 |
Chief of Staff for William S. Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumberland; son, Harry, is born, and daughter, Eliza, dies |
| 1865 |
Son, James, born |
| 1867 |
Daughter, Mary, born |
| 1870 |
Son, Irvin, born |
| 1872 |
Son, Abram, born |
| 1874 |
Son, Edward, born |
| 1876 |
Discoveres a novel proof of the Pythagorean Theorem using a trapezoid; becomes the Republican floor leader of the House; son, Edward, dies |
| 1880 |
Elected president |
| 1881 |
Shot by Charles J. Guiteau on 2 July, dies 19 September |
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