20TH PRESIDENT Traditional Cache
NastyNick: After receiving feedback from two members that they could not find I visited site and found that indeed it is missing. Therefore I am archiving this cache as lost, was there for 6 years, Thank you!
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James Garfield, MD
• Born: 19 November 1831
• Birthplace: Orange, Ohio
• Died: 19 September 1881 (assassination)
• Best Known As: President of the United States, March-September 1881
Born in a log cabin to poor, uneducated parents, James Garfield went on to be a scholar, Civil War hero, U.S. congressman and, eventually, president of the United States. First elected to congress in 1862, he spent nearly 18 years there until winning a Senate seat in 1880. He got involved in the 1880 presidential race as a supporter of Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman, a fellow Ohio Republican. But Garfield himself ended up as a dark horse candidate and narrowly defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock for the presidency. Unfortunately, Garfield's rags-to-riches story came to an abrupt end when a disgruntled Republican supporter, Charles Guiteau, shot Garfield twice on 2 July 1881, just four months after the president had been sworn in. Garfield lingered on through the summer and died in Elberon, New Jersey on 19 September 1881. His vice president, Chester A. Arthur, was sworn in as president on 20 September 1881.
Parking is just roadside. Please be careful when pulling back on to the highway it can be busy at times.
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