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Disciples of Christ Politicians in New Jersey

Seth Gard (1775-1845) — of Edwards County, Ill. Born in Morris County, N.J., March 14, 1775. Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Edwards County, 1818. Disciples of Christ. Died in Gard's Point, Lick Prairie Township, Wabash County, Ill., July 25, 1845 (age 70 years, 133 days). Interment at Nye Chapel Church Cemetery, Lick Prairie Township, Wabash County, Ill.

James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield (1801-1888). Republican. Lawyer; college professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by the assassin Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the effects of the wound and infection, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.   Relatives: Third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli Thayer; married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918); third cousin once removed of Abial Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John Alden Thayer; father of James Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: William S. Maynard   Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.   Politician named for him: James G. Stewart   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur   Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)

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