Kevin Moriarty 9th Grade Literature Mr.Cheney 13 November 2017 The Official Final Draft on the Analysis of the Assassination of James Garfield James Garfield is one of the lesser known presidents of the 45 that have successfully been inaugurated. Yet, he is significant along with three presidents: Abraham Lincoln, WIlliam McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. They were all assassinated while in office. This list doesn’t include Theodore Roosevelt because he survived the attempted assassination and was out of office by then. James Garfield was assassinated by Charles Guiteau, but the bullet didn’t kill him. The lack of medical support given to Garfield after the accident is what led to his death on September 19th, 1881, in Elberon NJ, 80 days …show more content…
The definition of justified is “having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason.” This is something that the situation lacked. Charles Guiteau had a mental illness driving him to murder James Garfield. This was odd, because Garfield and Guiteau were both Republicans. What mainly drove Guiteau to murder Garfield was his ignorance. Guiteau was expecting a position after Garfield was elected even though Charles Guiteau wasn’t even qualified to hold a position in the government. Without many messages ignored, Charles Guiteau decided to confront James Blaine about the issue and was told never to return. Charles Guiteau was now raged by this confrontation and came up with the idea from his religious beliefs along with his mental illness which was as strong as ever. Guiteau believed from God that shooting Garfield would restore power to the Republican party. This was easy for him to accomplish, because even though president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated only 16 years, 2 months, and 17 days before, the presidents in power still didn’t have any protection in case of an attack. Based on research articles, Charles Guiteau was ready. He was just sitting there gun ready for James Garfield to go onto the train July 2nd, …show more content…
Throughout Guiteau’s life, he had a developing mental disorder. He followed a religious pathway, but his mental disorder which was in full swing at this point. Making speeches which somewhat helped Garfield elected, gave Guiteau the idea that even though he was unqualified in every way, he deserved a spot in the government. He was rejected by the secretary of state and told never to return, This was Guiteau’s breaking point. His mental disorder plus this new rage that gave him the idea that this would save the Republican party and that God told him to shoot the
The lithograph printed by the Currier and Ives publishing company in 1880 called, “Farmer Garfield: Cutting a Swath to the White House depicts an aspect of the presidential campaign between James Adam Garfield and Winfield Scott Hancock. (LoC) In the center of the lithograph is James A. Garfield taking up most of the length of the poster holding a sheathe that has the words “Honesty, Ability, and Patriotism” inscribed into it and it looks as if he is using it to cut away a garden of snakes that are in the bottom right corner. Behind Garfield, to the left is a continuous wheat field and then to the right sits the White House. The poster demonstrates a multitude of various elements that play into the overall composition and design of the work such as representation, use of symbols, text and image, and the details used.
James Garfield is one of the lesser known presidents of the 45 that have successfully been inaugurated. Yet, he is significant along with three presidents: Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. They were all assassinated while in office. This list doesn’t include Theodore Roosevelt because he survived the attempted assassination and was out of office by then. James Garfield was assassinated by Charles Guiteau, but the bullet didn’t kill him. The lack of medical support given to Garfield after the accident is what led to his death on September 19th, 1881, in Elberon NJ,
He was the 11th president and the youngest in the U.S.A at that time .James won seven straight terms in the House and became Speaker of the House. Polk was the first president to voluntarily
A. Garfield. Garfield was our twentieth President of the U.S. He was also the second to be assassinated while still in his term. He was killed by Charles Guiteau, a crazy person seeking office, on July 2nd, 1881. Since he had such a short term as President because of his death many people do not understand the true influence Garfield had on people in his life.
Ulysses Simpson Grant, the 18th President of the United States of America, was a significant influence on American history. Throughout his life, he always felt an exceptional commitment to the American military. This man helped the Union defeat the Confederates in the American Civil War and contributed to Americans during the Reconstruction time period, in hopes that America would be a fully industrialized nation. Grant displays many important military and political leadership roles in American society.
On April, 14 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a performance of An American
One of Lincoln’s most famous quotes is “A House divided against itself cannot stand.” This describes his presidency well- focusing on maintaining the Union. In the beginning, Lincoln tried to stay out of sensitive affairs involving the North and South in an attempt to keep them together, promising the South little interference. Despite this, he played a key role in passing the Thirteenth Amendment, doing whatever it takes to end slavery for good and ending the Civil War.
Have you ever wanted something really bad? Like maybe a new toy or a higher job position? Imagine getting that thing you wanted most after working so hard for it and then losing it right after. It must be the worst feeling ever. Now put yourself in Abraham Lincoln’s shoes. You’ve just been inaugurated as president and days later you unfortunately get assassinated. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 in Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. (Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination). Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was an untimely event that slowed down the process of reconstruction after the Civil War (Effect of Lincoln Death on Reconstruction). The assassination increased the north’s hate towards the south (The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln pg.51). With Lincoln dead, there was no one to control the Radical Republicans who wanted to punish the south (Effect of Lincoln Death on Reconstruction). When Lincoln died he was replaced by President Andrew Johnson who had a bad relationship with the Congressmen (Effect of Lincoln Death on Reconstruction).
At the age of 32, Grant had no civilian vocation. He again tried his hand at several failed business ventures. Grant’s father offered him a job at the tannery, with the stipulation that Julia and the children stay with Julia’s family for financial reasons. Grant and Julia opposed another separation, so Grant turned down the offer. In 1854, Grant turned to farming. He used the land of his brother-in-law and used slaves that were owned by Julia’s family. The farm however failed. They then moved to live on land owned by Julia’s father. At this juncture, Grant at acquired a slave of his own, named William Jones. With the birth of their fourth child in 1858, Grant and Julia decided to move once more. Grant freed Jones instead of selling him, even though slaves could bring in a lot of money. In 1860, Grant was once again offered the tannery
James A. Garfield was an outstanding man of many endeavors who went from driving boats down the canal to becoming a general of the Union Army to the twentieth president of the United States of America (The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans). James A. Garfield was against slavery and had great plans for reconstruction, but sadly they were cut short. His term only lasted in the first year, as Garfield was shot by an office seeker and died many months later (The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans). James A. Garfield was born, the youngest of four, in Orange Township, Ohio on November 19, 1831 (Duckster). His father, Abraham Garfield, died when James A. Garfield turned two years of age leaving his mother, Eliza Ballou Garfield, to fend for herself and four young boys (The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans).
Ulysses s. Grant was the eighteenth president of the United States and served two terms.
Ronald Reagan’s idea of freedom correlates with the idea that the government is the causation rather than the solution to the issues as stated within the article in which he believes that freedom can be gained by harnessing the people's power while the government attempts to use its authority to create a sense of hardship for the people. In the early 1980’s, during Reagan’s presidency, Reagan spoke about his belief in regards to the people's’ freedom as well as the U.S being viewed as the land of the free.(page 321) Reagan eventually goes onto speaking with the former president Carter after getting elected in Washington D.C in 1981 shares his views and supports his idea’s on freedom and the issue with the government.
James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. He was born November 19, 1831, in a log cabin at Orange Township, Ohio (known today as Moreland Hills, Ohio). He died September 19, 1881, in Elberon, New Jersey (Summers, 2017, 1). His Father was Abram Garfield and his Mother was Eliza Ballou Garfield. His father died when he was two and he was left helping his widowed mother work her farm outside Ohio. James didn't want to be a farmer. Instead he dreamed of being a sailor so he ran away at sixteen to work on canal boats. However, he became extremely ill from accidentally falling into the water so many times that he had to return home. During this period in his life he realized that he needed to use his brain and intelligence
In our survey of the "top 100" speeches of the twentieth century, Woodrow Wilson's “War Message” ranked 19th and his “Final Address for the League of Nations” (the Pueblo speech) ranked 72nd. Why do you think these speeches are regarded as two of the "top 100" of the century? One is ranked much higher than the other. Do you agree with this ordering? Why or why not? Be sure to engage with strengths and weaknesses of each.
When Garfield was lying in bed, damaged from the bullet that was inside him, many townspeople shared their ideas in hope of saving the president. While Garfield’s doctor, Bliss, was working on Garfield “every crank in the country seemed to think himself called aponto offer to cure the president...one man sent the doctor's plans for a suction device that would suck the bullet right out of Garfield” (Millard, 227). Many people tried desperately to create their own innovations to try and save the life of the president. They worked hard and invented as many innovations as they could but none of them were successful. They demonstrated faith in the evolution of innovations yet unfortunately none were able to cure the president. Although the majority of citizens were pro innovation, the elite class were opposing the new ideas that were proposed. The main people that opposed it were the prosperous and wealthy people such as doctors because they saw innovation as evil and the enemy.(quote) Many powerful individuals thought that trying untested medicines and treatments on the president was