James Abram Garfield was also a born-again Christian, saved at age 18, and was an elder in his church when elected president. He said, before leaving for Washington: ...

President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier; By C.W. Goodyear; Simon and Schuster; 624 pp., $35.00 The author breaks Garfield’s life into four parts: his childhood in Ohio, the Civil War ...

James Garfield rose from a northern Ohio log cabin to the White House before being assassinated in 1881, his first year in office. He was the second murdered U.S. president, following Lincoln. C.W.

While the historical presence of James A. Garfield in Northeast Ohio, particularly Lake County, remains recognizable, the spirit of the 20th president of the United States continues to gain evolvin… ...

President James A. Garfield was not from Cincinnati. He was from Ohio, though – born in the former Orange Township in Cuyahoga County in 1831. Yet, he has a statue in Piatt Park (formerly ...

Garfield, born poor in Cuyahoga County, was a teacher, Ohio state senator, U.S. congressman and a Civil War general despite having no prior military experience.

Ohio native James Garfield was elected president in 1880, after nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was the youngest lawmaker and one of the most progressive. He confronted a ...