James A Garfield

11/19/1831 – 9/19/1881 Party: Republican Timeline; 1881 #20 James A. Garfield- The Fallen Reformer Garfield worked various jobs in his younger years entering politics in 1857. He served on the Ohio Senate (1859-1861) and then joined the Union Army where he helped recruit the 42nd Ohio Volunteer infantry and became its colonel. After commanding a…