Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Coal Co. signed by James R. Garfield and H.A. G for Sale

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Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Coal Co. signed by James R. Garfield and H.A. G For Sale

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Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Coal Co. signed by James R. Garfield and H.A. G:
$359.00

James R. Garfield and H.A. Garfield, sons of President James A. Garfield sign this 1902 stock as Secretary and President of the company. Only 24 found. His signature is hardly affected by the tiny hole cancellations. A gorgeous stock with a triple vignette by American Bank Note. Stub at left border. Rare! James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death on September 19, 1881, a brief 200 days in office. He had the second shortest presidential tenure after William Henry Harrison. He was also the only incumbent of the U.S. House of Representatives to be elected President. Garfield was born in Moreland Hills, Ohio and graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts in 1856. He married Lucretia Rudolph in 1858. They had seven children (five sons and two daughters). After preaching a short time at Franklin Circle Christian Church (1857"58), Garfield ruled out preaching and considered a job as principal of a high school in Poestenkill, New York. After losing that job to another applicant, he taught at the Eclectic Institute. Garfield was an instructor in classical languages for the 1856"1857 academic year, and was made principal of the Institute from 1857 to 1860. In 1860, he was admitted to the Bar whilst serving as an Ohio State Senator (1859"1861). Garfield served as a major general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and fought at the Battle of Shiloh. He then served under Thomas J. Wood in the subsequent Siege of Corinth. His health deteriorated and he was inactive until autumn, when he served on the commission investigating the conduct of Fitz John Porter. In the spring of 1863, Garfield returned to the field as Chief of Staff for William S. Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumberland. In October 1862, while serving in the field, he was elected by the Republicans to the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 19th Congressional District in the 38th Congress. As Congress did not meet until December 1863, Garfield continued to serve with the army and was promoted to major general after the Battle of Chickamauga. He resigned his commission, effective December 5, 1863, to take his seat in Congress. He was re-elected every two years, from 1864 through 1878, during the Civil War and the following Reconstruction era. He was one of the most hawkish Republicans in the House. Following compromises with Ulysses S. Grant, James G. Blaine and John Sherman, Garfield became the Republican party nominee for the 1880 Presidential Election and successfully defeated Democrat Winfield Hancock. Because he spent so little time as President, Garfield accomplished very little. In his inaugural address, Garfield outlined a desire for Civil Service Reform which was eventually passed by his successor Chester A. Arthur in 1883 as the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. His presidency was cut short after he was shot by Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.