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Garfield

Garfield

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The 20th President of the United States who was killed while in office
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɡɑr.fɪld/
: Garfield
  • A period of extended presidential inability resembling those that occurred with Presidents Garfield, Wilson, and Eisenhower would have been a real possibility.
  • President Garfield
  • James Garfield

Examples

  • Consequently, there was no constitutional successor to the presidency for a month following President Garfield's death.

    Academic text (2014)
  • An avocational mathematician and President of the United States, James Garfield, discovered an alternative proof.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Do you know what else James A. Garfield pushed extremely hard for?

  • President James Garfield wore this suit like a gentleman.

  • Members of the Cabinet, despite knowing of President Garfield's dire and incapacitated state, never made a serious effort to take action.

    Academic text (2014)
  • To near-universal dismay, he had entered the White House when President James A. Garfield died from an assassin's bullet.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Additionally, Garfield's assassin had been motivated by a desire to see Arthur succeed to the presidency.

    Academic text (2014)
  • From 1861 to 1885, five Republican presidents (Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur) appointed fourteen justices.

    Academic text (2006)
  • President Garfield was a key figure in the Republican Party during the 19th century.

  • Many historians study the life of Garfield to understand the challenges faced by the United States in his era.

Synonyms

President Garfield
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A United States president in 1881 who was shot and killed

gives lifespan years and states assassination occurred while in office

Surface Forms

Garfield main

Etymology

Garfield is an English family name made from old parts gar 'spear' and feld 'open land'. So it once described someone who lived by a 'spear field', and today it survives as a family name, for example the US President Garfield.