True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 240
at battleof Chickamauga, General Garfield was elected to Congress, JAMES A. GARFIELD 241 and though his salary as Major-General was double that of aCongressman, he felt that he could do more good at Wash-ington, so he gave up his position in the war and went to Con-gress. Here he was as attentive… … ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD. a Senator, Mr. Garfield was made leader of his party, andthree years later the State of Ohio elected him to the Senate.But the great honor came in June of that same year, whenthe Republican National Convention in Chicago nominatedhim for President of the United…
