James A. Garfield

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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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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