Biographical Chronology
| 1831 | November 19, born in Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, OH |
| 1848 | works as a canal boat tow boy on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Canal |
| 1849 | attends Geauga Seminary in Chester, OH |
| 1851 | enters Western Reserve Eclectic Institute in Hiram, OH (now Hiram College) |
| 1854 | graduates from the Eclectic Institute and enrolls in Williams College |
| 1856 | graduates from Williams College with honors |
| 1857 | appointed 'Chairman' of the Eclectic Institute faculty |
| 1858 | appointed President of the Eclectic Institute |
| 1858 | marries Lucretia Rudolph |
| 1859 | wins election to state senate |
| 1861 | serves as Colonel of the 42d Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| 1862 | promoted to the rank of brigadier general |
| 1862 | elected to Congress |
| 1863 | appointed chief of staff for Gen. Rosecrans |
| 1863 | promoted to rank of major general |
| 1863 | takes seat in the 38th Congress |
| 1871 | assumes leadership of the House Committee on Appropriations |
| 1873 | named in the Credit Mobilier scandal |
| 1880 | campaigns for president November 2, election day |
| 1881 | March 4, inauguration day |
| 1881 | July 2, shot by Charles Guiteau |
| 1881 | September 19, dies at Elbaron, NJ |
| 1890 | Garfield Memorial, Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, is dedicated |
For more complete biographical details, consult one of the biographies of James A. Garfield located in the Mabie Room.
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