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Tag Archives: President James Garfield
Chester Alan Arthur’s Deadly Secret
The Private Chester Alan Arthur Most of our Presidents were unquestionably ambitious for the office. Some more than others. But Chester Alan Arthur (1829-86), Vermont-born and upstate New York raised, was never interested in elected office. His ambitions lay in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, James Garfield, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Assassination of Garfield, Bright's Disease, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chester Alan Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur NY Quartermaster, Collector of the Port of New York, Elizabeth Jenning Graham NY Governor Edwin D. Morgan, Ellen Herndon, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, NY senator Roscoe Conkling, President Chester A. Arthur, President James Garfield, Presidential history, Senator Roscoe Conkling, the assassination of Garfield, US history, Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, White House history
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Lucretia Garfield: The Rough Road to a Happy Marriage
When the Garfields became First Couple in 1880, they had a solid and happy marriage, but… …A Long Time A-Comin’ When James Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph married in 1858, they were both twenty-seven – and had been engaged for five … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Garfield, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Lucretia Garfield, history, James Garfield, Kate Chase, Lincoln's Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, Lucretia Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, President James A. Garfield, President James Garfield, Presidential history, The education of James Garfield, The family of James Garfield, US history, White House history
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Lucy Hayes and the Spectacular Dinner Service,
The White House, then and now, requires a huge amount of china place settings. The Precedents of China Formal Presidential dinner services have always been needed for formal occasions since the time of George Washington’s terms of office in New … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, Galt Jewelers, General Ulysses S. Grant, Harper's Weekly Magazine, Haviland & Company, history, Illustrator Theodore Davis, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Hayes White House china, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Norman Galt, President Hayes, President James Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, The Reagan Dinner Service, Theodore Russell Davis, Thomas Jefferson, White House dinner services, White House Historical Association, White House history, William Seale
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Robert T. Lincoln: Witness to Assassinations
When Robert Lincoln was nearly sixty, he vowed never again to meet a President of the United States. He was a prominent man with an iconic name. Meeting and greeting Presidents was a given. But he let it be known … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chief Justics William Howard Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, Garfield's assassin Guiteau, history, James Garfield, John Wilkes Booth, Leon Czolgosz, Mary Lincoln, McKinley's assassin Czolgosz, President James Garfield, President Warren Harding, President William McKinley, Robert Lincoln, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Secrfetary of War Robert T. Lincoln, the assassination of Garfield, The assassination of Lincoln, the assassination of McKinley, the assassination of William McKinley, The Lincoln Memorial, the Peterson House, US history, Warren Harding, William McKinley
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Chester Alan Arthur: A VEEP on Hold
Vice President Chester Alan Arthur became President following the assassination and death of James A. Garfield. CAA: The Basics Born in Vermont and raised in upstate New York, Chester Alan Arthur (183o-1886) was a preacher’s son who attended Union College, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur
Tagged American history, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chester Alan Arthur, Chet Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James Garfield, President Chester Alan Arthur, President James Garfield, Presidential history, Roscoe Conkling, Senator Roscoe Conkling, Stalwarts and Half-Breeds, the assassination of JAmes Garfield, The election of 1880, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Chester Alan Arthur, White House history
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Destiny of the Republic: A Book Review
Its subtitle, “A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President” says it all. The Assassination of James A. Garfield Shooting a President, his lingering death, unbelievably incompetent doctors and a deranged assassin makes for a fine and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Garfield, Recommended Reading
Tagged Alexander Graham Bell, American history, Candice Millard, Charles Guiteau, Chester Alan Arthur, Destiny of the Republic, Dr. D. Willard Bliss, Feather Schwartz Foster, Garfield's assassin, Garfield's assassination, history, James A. Garfield, President Garfield, President James A. Garfield, President James Garfield, Presidential assassinations, US history, Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, White House history
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President Garfield’s Doctors: A Keystone Tragic-Comedy Part II
President Garfield spent two months after his assassination attempt, lying in bed at the White House during the hottest weeks in memory. James Garfield, President for barely four months, had survived the night following an assassination attempt on July 2, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Garfield
Tagged Alexander Graham Bell, American history, Charles Guiteau, Dr. Willard Bliss, Feather Schwartz Foster, Garfield's assassination, history, James A. Garfield, James Garfield, Lucretia Garfield, President Garfield, President Garfield's doctors, President James A. Garfield, President James Garfield, Presidential history, trial of Charles Guiteau, White House history
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Charles Julius Guiteau: Garfield’s Assassin
The old history books claim that the assassin of President James A. Garfield was a disgruntled office seeker – but was that really the case? President James Garfield was assassinated in July, 1881, but the trial of Charles Julius Guiteau … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Assassination of Garfield, Charles Guiteau, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chester Alan Arthur, disgruntled office seeker, Dissatisfied office seeker, Election of 1880, history, James Garfield, President James Garfield, Presidential history, trial of Charles Guiteau, US history, White House history
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