James Garfield was a Union Army ... support at the 1880 nominating convention. Garfield narrowly won election and was inaugurated president in early March 1881. By May, first lady Lucretia ...

James and Lucretia Garfield had seven children ... Again, her diary offers insight: "I don't believe I will ever in my life love a man as I do Mr. Brown […] And it isn't infatuation, for ...

so Garfield worked to nominate James Blaine to combat the machine politics of the Stalwarts. But when Garfield delivered his speech to the Republican Convention to back Blaine, the crowd chanted ...