Remembering President Garfield
By David C. Barnett
Remembering President Garfield
By David C. Barnett
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As the Republicans move toward their convention in Cleveland this summer, it’s still anyone’s guess who the nominee will be. Things were even less clear over a century ago, when James A. Garfield emerged as the surprise choice at a brokered convention, back in 1880. Garfield won the White House, but his term was cut short by an assassin’s bullet.
David C. Barnett from Here & Now contributor WCPN reports on the life and death of the president Americans barely got to know. Garfield’s story is also the subject of “Murder Of A President,” a television documentary airing tonight on PBS.
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- David C. Barnett, senior arts reporter for WCPN/ideastream. He tweets @DCBstream.
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