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Garfield family of Hiram and Cleveland, Ohio

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Stephen Daniel Tilden (1769-1852) — also known as Stephen D. Tilden — of Lebanon, New London County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., May 3, 1769. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Lebanon, 1827; member of Connecticut state senate 9th District, 1836. Died in Columbia, Tolland County, Conn., February 2, 1852 (age 82 years, 275 days). Interment at Liberty Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Tilden and Esther (Mason) Tilden; married, February 20, 1798, to Lucretia Pettis; father of Daniel Rose Tilden; second great-grandson of Peleg Sanford; first cousin once removed of Lucretia Garfield; first cousin twice removed of George Galen Tilden, Harry Augustus Garfield and James Rudolph Garfield; first cousin thrice removed of Lucien Cooper Tilden and Julius Galen Tilden; third cousin of Moses Younglove Tilden and Samuel Jones Tilden; third cousin once removed of Calvin Tilden Hulburd; third cousin thrice removed of Fred Chester Tilden; fourth cousin of Jason Kellogg, Asahel Otis, Jeremiah Mason, Orsamus Cook Merrill and Timothy Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of Silas Dewey Kellogg, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg and Farrand Fassett Merrill.
  Political families: Tilden family of New Lebanon, New York; Garfield family of Hiram and Cleveland, Ohio (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin Orange Township (now Moreland Hills), Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. 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. 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). Entombed at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.; statue at Piatt Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia Rudolph; father of Harry Augustus Garfield and James Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John Alden Thayer.
  Political family: Garfield family of Hiram and Cleveland, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: William S. Maynard
  Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.
  Garfield Mountain, in the Cascade Range, King County, Washington, is named for him.  — The city of Garfield, New Jersey, is named for him.  — The city of Garfield, Kansas, is named for him.  — The city of Garfield, Minnesota, is named for him.  — The city of Garfield, Washington, is named for him.
  Politician named for him: James G. Stewart
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology]
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  Lucretia Garfield (1832-1918) — also known as Lucretia Rudolph — Born in Garrettsville, Portage County, Ohio, April 19, 1832. First Lady of the United States, 1881. Female. Disciples of Christ. Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 13, 1918 (age 85 years, 328 days). Entombed at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Daughter of Zebulon Rudolph and Arabella (Mason) Rudolph; married, November 11, 1858, to James Abram Garfield; mother of Harry Augustus Garfield and James Rudolph Garfield; third great-granddaughter of Peleg Sanford; first cousin once removed of Stephen Daniel Tilden; second cousin of Daniel Rose Tilden and Edwin Carpenter Pinney; second cousin once removed of Claude Carpenter Pinney; second cousin twice removed of Harold B. Pinney; fourth cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, Jeremiah Mason, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill and Alonzo Sidney Upham.
  Political family: Garfield family of Hiram and Cleveland, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) — also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal Garfield — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, October 11, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; university professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904; president of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19. Member, American Political Science Association; Loyal Legion. Died in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass., December 12, 1942 (age 79 years, 62 days). Interment at Williams College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of James Abram Garfield and Lucretia Garfield; brother of James Rudolph Garfield; married 1888 to Belle Hartford Mason; fourth great-grandson of Peleg Sanford; first cousin twice removed of Stephen Daniel Tilden; second cousin once removed of Daniel Rose Tilden and Edwin Carpenter Pinney; third cousin of Claude Carpenter Pinney; third cousin once removed of Harold B. Pinney; fourth cousin once removed of Eli Thayer.
  Political family: Garfield family of Hiram and Cleveland, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Harry A. Garfield (built 1943 at South Portland, Maine; transferred to the Belgian government and renamed Belgian Dynasty; scrapped 1965) was originally named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Harry A. Garfield: Lucretia Garfield Comer, Harry Garfield's First Forty Years: Man Of Action In A Troubled World
James R. Garfield James Rudolph Garfield (1865-1950) — also known as James R. Garfield — of Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. Born in Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, October 17, 1865. Lawyer; member of Ohio state senate, 1896-99; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1902-03; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09; Progressive candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1914; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1932. Died in Washington, D.C., March 24, 1950 (age 84 years, 158 days). Interment at Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of James Abram Garfield and Lucretia Garfield; brother of Harry Augustus Garfield; married, December 30, 1890, to Helen Newell; fourth great-grandson of Peleg Sanford; first cousin twice removed of Stephen Daniel Tilden; second cousin once removed of Daniel Rose Tilden and Edwin Carpenter Pinney; third cousin of Claude Carpenter Pinney; third cousin once removed of Harold B. Pinney; fourth cousin once removed of Eli Thayer.
  Political family: Garfield family of Hiram and Cleveland, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, May 1902

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