James A. Garfield

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President of the United States Union Army officer college president human lawyer politician

James A. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, whose brief 1881 administration during the Gilded Age was cut short by his assassination.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
James Abram Garfield 6
President James A. Garfield 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States ⓘ
Union Army officer ⓘ
college president ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
almaMater Williams College ⓘ
assassinatedBy Charles J. Guiteau ⓘ
assassinationDate 1881-07-02 ⓘ
assassinationPlace Washington, D.C. ⓘ
birthDate 1831-11-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
burialPlace Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
gunshot wound complications ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deathDate 1881-09-19 ⓘ
deathPlace Elberon, Long Branch, New Jersey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era Gilded Age ⓘ
familyName Garfield ⓘ
fullName James A. Garfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Abram Garfield
givenName James ⓘ
memberOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
middleName Abram ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
notableWork advocacy of civil service reform ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
officeEndDate 1881-09-19 ⓘ
officeStartDate 1881-03-04 ⓘ
ordinalInOffice 20 ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Major General in the Union Army ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
President of Hiram College ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
U.S. Representative ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Representative from Ohio
predecessor Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
religion Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ
surface form: Disciples of Christ
signatureImage James A. Garfield signature ⓘ
spouse Lucretia Rudolph Garfield ⓘ
stateRepresented Ohio ⓘ
successor Chester A. Arthur ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blanche K. Bruce → appointedBy → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Robert Todd Lincoln → appointedBy → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Abram → associatedWith → James A. Garfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Abram Garfield
Harry Augustus Garfield → father → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Garfield → fullName → James A. Garfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Abram Garfield
James A. Garfield → fullName → James A. Garfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Abram Garfield
Abram → hasNotableBearer → James A. Garfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Abram Garfield
Abram → isMiddleNameOf → James A. Garfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Abram Garfield
subject surface form: Lake View Cemetery
Gilded Age → notablePoliticalFigure → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Chester A. Arthur → precededByAsPresident → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Harry Augustus Garfield → relative → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Robert Todd Lincoln → servedUnder → James A. Garfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: President James A. Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes → succeededBy → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Rutherford → succeededBy → James A. Garfield ⓘ
subject surface form: Rutherford B. Hayes
Charles J. Guiteau → targetOfCrime → James A. Garfield ⓘ
Abram → usedAsMiddleNameOf → James A. Garfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Abram Garfield