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James A. Garfield
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1831–1881 · president of the United States in 1881

Also known as: James Abram Garfield, J. A. Garfield, J. Garfield, James Garfield, Präsident Garfield, President Garfield

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Known works

  • Heart Throbs: In Prose and Verse
  • Speech of Hon. James A. Garfield, of Ohio, on the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery (1865)
  • Freedmen's Bureau, restoration of the rebel states (1866)
  • Carpenter's picture, Lincoln and emancipation (1878)
  • Repeal of the Resumption law (1877)