GARFIELD'S RECORD.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3263, 16 December 1881, Page 3

GARFIELD'S RECORD.

At 14 he was at work at a carpenter's "bench. , j At 16 he was a boatman on tho Ohio Canal. At 18 he was studying in the Chester, Ohio, Seminary. At 21 he was teaching in one of Ohio's common schools, pushing forward with his own studies at the same time. At 23 he entered Williams College. At 26 he graduated from Williams with the highest honors of his class. At 27 he was a tutor at Hiram College. At 29 he wa3 a member of the Ohio Senate —the youngest member of that body. At 30 he was Colonel of the Forty-second Ohio Regiment. At 31 he was placed in command of a brigade, routed tbe rebels under Humphrey Marshall, helped General Buell in his flight at Pittsburg Landing, played a prominent part in the siege of Corinth and in the important movement along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. At 32 he was appointed chief of staff of the Army of Cumberland, participated in the campaign in Middle Tennesssee, and in the notable battle of Chickamauga, and was promoted to the rank of Major-General. At 33 he was in Congress, the successor of Joshua R.. Giddings. At 48, having been continued in Congress since he was 33, he was elected to the United States Senate. At 49 he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States. At 50 he was elected President, and July 2,1881, was shot by Guiteau, and received wounds from the effects of whieli ho died.