Kevin Moriarty 9th Grade Literature/Composition Mr.Cheney 13 November 2017 James Garfield is one of the lesser known presidents of the 45 that have successfully been inaugurated. Yet, he is significant along with 3 presidents known as Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Now, what do these 4 significant men have in common? They were all assassinated while in office. This list doesn’t include Theodore Roosevelt because he survived the attempted assassination and was out of office by then. James Garfield was assassinated by Charles Guiteau, but the bullet didn’t kill him. The lack of medical support given to Garfield after the accident is what led to his death on September 19th, 1881, in Elberon NJ, 80 days after Garfield was hit with the bullet. Andrews, Evan. “The Assassination of President James A. Garfield.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 1 July 2016, www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-president-james-a-garfield. Taylor, G F. “Who Killed James A. Garfield?” Who Killed James A. Garfield?, 1 Jan. 1970, whokilledgarfield.blogspot.com/. Resnick, Brian. “This Is the Brain that Shot President James Garfield.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 4 Oct. 2015, www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/this-is-the-brain-that-shot-president-james-garfield/454212/. “The Assassination of President James Garfield.” America Comes Alive, 28 Oct. 2017, americacomesalive.com/2017/07/13/the-assassination-of-president-james-garfield/. “Charles Julius Guiteau.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/charles-julius-guiteau-235814. Charles J. Guiteau Shot President Garfield,
Out of the 43 presidents that have served for the United States, the most recognizable and exceptional president by far was Abraham Lincoln. Through childhood, Lincoln seemed always interested in politics, not knowing how much publicity and significance he would get. The three authors of the Grace Bedell and the President’s Beard, Lincoln’s Famous Address, and The Rise of a President all agree with the fact that Lincoln was a fanonimal president. During just four years of office, Lincoln made a memorable picture for himself, led a war between many different parts of the U. S., and made one of the greatest speeches the nation has ever seen.
Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic is a historical novel that explains who James Garfield was, how he became the United States’ 20th president, as well as his assassination. Millard explains how James Garfield started out as a child in a poverty-stricken family who overcame poverty to later become President of the United States. In this novel, Millard shows the kind of people person James Garfield was in comparison with the type of person his assassin Charles Guiteau was. Destiny of the Republic takes a personal look at whom the United States’ 20th president was, his family, his assassin, and the medical care he received after he was shot. Candice Millard brings up many good arguable points and essential thesis elements in this historical novel. Perhaps the most important thesis elements in Destiny of the Republic include the character of James Garfield, the level of security deemed unnecessary at that time in history for the president of the United States, and the errors made by doctors following the shooting. As an author, Candice Millard developed her thesis elements well and in an intriguing way throughout the book, which can be difficult for writers to do who also strive for historical accuracy. For some readers, the characters in Destiny of the Republic might appear to be
O'Reilly, Bill, and Martin Dugard. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever. New York: Henry Holt and, 2011. Print.
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A. Garfield. Garfield was our twentieth President of the U.S. He was also the second to be assassinated while still in his term. He was killed by Charles Guiteau, a crazy person seeking office, on July 2nd, 1881. Since he had such a short term as President because of his death many people do not understand the true influence Garfield had on people in his life.
A few months after taking office, President Reagan was shot in Washington D.C (Rosenberg). The bullet barely missed his heart (Rosenberg). After surgery...
Abraham Lincoln has gone down as one of the most prominent presidents in American History.
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On April, 14 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a performance of An American
James Garfield was a Union army general who fought in the Battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga, and would later become the President of the United States for 200 days. He was a self-made man who was an important contributor in the Civil War due to his bravery, leadership skills, and appropriate radicalism.
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A murder which easily occured and left a footprint in history that many historians and essay writers will enjoy to read about, because the factors leading up to it are so interesting and unique, that it cannot be compared to another assassination. Somehow these 2 men involved both had difficult childhoods which set them on pathways which changed their lives forever. Many are unaware of James Garfield himself and how he was the first left handed president. Being one of four presidents assassinated in office, he had the second shortest term of power behind William Henry Harrison, whose term went from March 4th- April 4th 1841 after dying from pneumonia. James Garfield led many of his time in office and will always be remembered as the 20th president in United States
father died in 1833, when Garfield was only two years old and so his mother