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James A. Garfield

James A. Garfields's Presidency
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James A. Garfield [1881 March 4 – September 19]-assassinated July 2, 1881(died 9/19/1881)

 Republican  Vice President-Chester A. Arthur  Major Domestic Affairs  Attempted to reunite the Stalwart and Half-Breed factions of the Republican Party  Half-Breeds(a.k. Mugwumps) favored civil service reform, were anti-corruptionists, and wanted a lenient and forgiving Reconstruction policy for the Southern states  Stalwarts (a.k. Conservatives) favored high tariffs and a strong Reconstruction policy toward the Southern states; also wanted a third term for President Grant and objected to reform ideas for the Half-Breeds  Shot by the deranged political office seeker Charles Julius Guiteau who claimed to be a Stalwart and wanted Chester A. Arthur to be the President; Garfield lingered for 11 weeks and finally died  Guiteau's lawyers offered an early instance of the "insanity defense"-he was convicted of murder and hanged  Major Foreign Affairs:  Freedom of the Press established in France  Flogging abolished in the British Army and Navy o

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James A. Garfield

Course: US History (1491 ce)

97 Documents
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University: Jackson College

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James A. Garfield [1881 March 4 – September 19]-assassinated July 2,
1881(died 9/19/1881)
Republican
Vice President-Chester A. Arthur
Major Domestic Affairs
Attempted to reunite the Stalwart and Half-Breed factions of
the Republican Party
Half-Breeds(a.k.a. Mugwumps) favored civil service
reform, were anti-corruptionists, and wanted a lenient
and forgiving Reconstruction policy for the Southern
states
Stalwarts (a.k.a. Conservatives) favored high tariffs and a
strong Reconstruction policy toward the Southern states;
also wanted a third term for President Grant and objected
to reform ideas for the Half-Breeds
Shot by the deranged political office seeker Charles Julius
Guiteau who claimed to be a Stalwart and wanted Chester A.
Arthur to be the President; Garfield lingered for 11 weeks and
finally died
Guiteau's lawyers offered an early instance of the "insanity
defense"-he was convicted of murder and hanged
Major Foreign Affairs:
Freedom of the Press established in France
Flogging abolished in the British Army and Navy
o

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