News

James Abram Garfield was also a born-again Christian, saved at age 18, and was an elder in his church when elected president.
As 19 news gets ready to celebrate our country’s 250-th birthday next year. We’re profiling people and places that are the ...
James A. Garfield National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Mentor, Ohio. The site preserves the property associated with the 20th President of the United States ...
A year after the national centennial, a long-time member of the House of Representatives and future president of the United States reflected on the development of the American legislature. “Coin ...
James A. Garfield served as President of the United States from March 4, 1881, to September 19, 1881. The Presidency now fell upon Chester Arthur who in his tenure would rise above party politics.
While the historical presence of James A. Garfield in Northeast Ohio, particularly Lake County, remains recognizable, the spirit of the 20th president of the United States continues to gain ...
Exactly 45 years ago today, cartoonist Jim Davis published his first ever comic of the iconic orange cat “Garfield” in 41 newspapers across the United States. The three-panel comic strip shows a man ...
Ohio is the home of eight presidents, including James A. Garfield who was assassinated shortly after taking office. Mike Polk Jr. salutes the Northeast Ohio native.
Historian C.W. Goodyear’s biography of President James Garfield shows how he stayed civil during the contentious political era of Reconstruction.
Garfield became the second President to be assassinated. James A. Garfield served as President of the United States from March 4, 1881, to September 19, 1881.