MR GARFIELD'S RECORD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 972, 12 January 1882, Page 2

MR GARFIELD'S RECORD.

W " S Wol ' c a carpenter's. Cana/ 6 ™ a toafman on the Ohio At 21 he was teaching in one of Ohio's common schools, pushing forward with *! on , es a ' the same time, At 28 he entered Williams College. A 26 he graduated from Williams with u'lt, llonor6 of the class. iL A 27 lie was a tutor at Hiram ColleX Atfflh# was P rin C ipa lo fHir am Collegia a member of the Ohio " body youugest mem ber of that •

ofisteL o*-"-**— 0 *-"-**— At 31 he was placed In command of a bngadß, routed the rebels under Humph- 1 , ray Marsha i, helped General Buell in hftik fight at Pittsburgh, Landing, played piomineut part m the siege of Corinth an f? in the important movement along , the Memph.s andChariestonEaih'oad. ■ ■mf appointed chief of the staff of the Army of Cumberland, partioi- ■ pated in the campaign in Middle Tennessee and m the notable battle of Chiohamauga, and was promoted to the rank of ' Major-General. •

At 33 he was in Congress, the suoeess. or of Josliau R, Giddings. At 38 having been continued in ConITttTj m wns 33 ' he Wfts elected to the United States Senate. i At 47 he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States. July 2,1881, shot by Guiteau, and received wounds from the effects of whioh he