James A. Garfield : leading America from frontier to empire / Barbara Bennett Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Barbara Bennett, author.

Series:

First men, America's presidents.

First Men, America's Presidents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.

Garfield, James A.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Age of President Garfield was an exciting age as it featured the music of John Philip Sousa's marching bands, the new dime novels, captains of industry such as John D. Rockefeller, legendary cowboys of the Old West, the Indian Wars, and the expansion of America's interest in empire building abroad. James A. Garfield rose from birth in a log cabin in Ohio, to work as a canal boy, earned an education at Ceauga Academy, Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, and graduated from Williams College in 1856. He became president of Western Reserve in 1857, studied law, married Lucretia Randolph, and wa

Contents:

JAMES A. GARFIELD: LEADING AMERICA FROM FRONTIER TO EMPIRE; JAMES A. GARFIELD: LEADING AMERICA FROM FRONTIER TO EMPIRE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Chapter 1: EARLY LIFE IN OHIO; FAMILY BACKGROUND; EDUCATION; BEGINNING A CAREER; ENTERING POLITICS; KEEPING THE NATION TOGETHER; Chapter 2: RISING THROUGH THE RANKS DURING THE CIVIL WAR; ENTERING THE CIVIL WAR; ENTERING POLITICS; GARFIELD BECOMES A HERO; GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C.; RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION; FEUD BETWEEN BLAINE AND CONKLING; GARFIELD SUPPORTS THE SMITHSONIAN

GARFIELD AND THE GRANT SCANDALSAT HOME IN MENTOR, OHIO; Chapter 3: FROM GRANT TO HAYES GARFIELD'S CONTINUED RISE TO PROMINENCE; GARFIELD AND THE HAYES PRESIDENCY; GARFIELD AND THE USGS; SENATE BID AND 1880 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION; REPUBLICAN PARTY POLITICS; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1880; STANDING ON PRINCIPLES; CLOUD ON THE HORIZON AMIDST TRIUMPH; Chapter 4: REVOLUTION OF IDEAS DARWINISM TO PROGRESSIVISM; INDUSTRIALIZING AMERICA; AMERICAN FRONTIER AND CHANGING EUROPE; AMERICAN CULTURE; INDIAN WARS AND WESTERN SETTLEMENT; PROTECTING BLACKS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES; WALL STREET TAKES CENTER STAGE

Chapter 5: JAMES A. GARFIELD AS PRESIDENTGARFIELD IN THE WHITE HOUSE; ROSCOE CONKLING AS ADVERSARY; SUCCESSFUL POLICIES; STAR ROUTE SCANDAL; GARFIELD AND SOUTHERN POLITICS; BEGINNINGS OF AN AMERICAN EMPIRE; Chapter 6: GARFIELD ASSASSINATED; POLITICAL BITTERNESS; ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON GARFIELD; GARFIELD'S TREATMENT BY DOCTORS; GARFIELD'S AFTERMATH; GUITEAU'S TRIAL; Chapter 7: GARFIELD'S POLICIES LIVE ON WITH PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR; FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE (DECEMBER 6, 1881); IN THE BLACK; TAX REFORM; WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS; INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS; POSTAL SERVICE; COURT SYSTEM

NATIVE AMERICANSPOLYGAMY IN MORMON UTAH; PUBLIC EDUCATION; AGRICULTURE; MILITARY PENSIONS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS; CIVIL SERVICE REFORM; MERCHANT MARINE; ALASKA; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; WASHINGTON, D.C. IMPROVEMENTS; INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION; GARFIELD IN PERSPECTIVE; PICTURES OF JAMES A. GARFIELD, HIS FAMILY, AND CONTEMPORARIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-232-3