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 ...

As 19 news gets ready to celebrate our country’s 250-th birthday next year. We’re profiling people and places that are the backbone of America.

Most of our calendar years feature one president. Some years, we have two… that’s when the current president leaves office in January after a presidential election, and the new president takes over.

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

This president was born in a log cabin, and from humble beginnings became a Civil War general, a congressman, and a president. James Abram Garfield was also a born-again Christian, saved at age 18 ...

James Garfield, America’s 20th president, similarly met an untimely end while in office. A longtime Democratic representative from Ohio, he was elected in 1880 and inaugurated in March 1881.

James Garfield was elected president in 1880, at a time of extreme political partisanship. Eleven days after the Republican nominated his cabinet, political cartoonist Joseph Keppler caricatured the ...

We know how Trump won, but how did other outsiders like James Garfield and Lincoln become president? In this episode of Simple Civics, we explore their unexpected paths to the highest office in ...

Netflix has unveiled the full cast for Death by Lightning. The upcoming limited series will explore the “epic and stranger-than-fiction” story of the 20th president of the United States, James ...

Nov. 19 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. They include: -- English King Charles I in 1600 -- James Abram Garfield, 20th president of the United States, in 1831 ...