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James A Garfield Nominee for President Nominated in Chicago
Brief sketch outlines Garfield of Ohio as the Republican nominee on the thirty sixth ballot, praising his rise from poverty to Williams College, service as a teacher and senator, Civil War leadership, and later career in Congress. It notes his moral character, debating skill, and personal humility before detailing his residence near Mentor Ohio.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
James A. Garfield
Ohio
United States
Garfield
Indiana
Orange
Cuyahoga County
New England
Eliza Ballou
New Hampshire
Pune
Abram Garfield
Chester
Williams College
Massachusetts
William College
Hiram
Hiram Institute
Portage
Summit
State Senate
Forty-second
Dennison
Camp Chase
Big Sandy Valley
Kentucky
Louisville
Buell
Big Sandy
Humphrey Marshall
Paintsville
Marshall
Guarfield
Prestonburg
Pound Gap
Cumberland
Sandy Valley
Dad
The
Union
Friends of the Union
A. Garfield
Piketon
Ohio River
Cumberland Mountains
Virginia
Pound Fork
Rebles
Nashville
Pittsburg Landing
Pittsburg
Shiloh
Corinth
Memphis and
Charleston
Stevenson
Cumberland Gap
Washington
Fitz John Porter
Rosecrans
Bin
Congress
Gidding
Chicamanga
General Garfield
Hoan
Everal Garfield
Mentor
Lake County
Lake Shore Road
Cleveland