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An Overview of James Garfield's Administration

Nobody knows what kind of President Garfield would have been, because he was assassinated only a few months after taking office. Garfield spent most of his short time in office filling government jobs with his political supporters.

President James Abram Garfield

Election of 1880
Candidate

James Abram Garfield
Winfield Scott Hancock

 Popular Vote

4,453,295
4,414,082

 Electoral Vote

214
155
His Vice-President and Cabinet
Vice-President Chester Alan Arthur
Secretary of State James G. Blaine
Secretary of the Treasury William Windom
Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln
Attorney General I. Wayne MacVeagh
Postmaster General Thomas L. James
Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt
Secretary of the Interior Samuel J. Kirkwood
U.S. Events During His Administration
Population in 1881 51,500,000
1881 Railroads reached Texas.
1881 The American Red Cross was organized by Clara Barton.
July 2, 1881 Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker.
World Events During His Administration
1881 Terrorists assassinated Alexander II of Russia.
1881 The French established a protectorate over Tunis.

WEB SOURCES
The American President www.americanpresident.org/history/jamesgarfield/
Presidents of the United States www.ipl.org/div/potus/jagarfield.html

SEE ALSO
Chester Alan Arthur
Texas
Clara Barton

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