he was rejected, he decided the problem was james garfield. thee removed garfield, split and the republican party would be amended, and the republic saved. noted the immediate that heor his act was had been denied in office his due. brian: he was a shot, down the street here. sixth an constitution? scott: b street. brian: in a train station. afterappened to guiteau he shot garfield? what happened to garfield? how much did garfield and arthur see each other before he died? the whole reason that arthur ended up as vice president was an effort by the republicans to placate conkling and make sure that new york would throw it support behind garfield. arthur was an accidental vice president, who had no relationship at all with garfield. presidents didn't have close relationships with presidents. he was much closer to conkling then garfield. immediately after the shooting took place, police seized guiteau. stalwart.id, i am a and arthur will be president. that statement only added to the suspicion that arthur had something to do with the assassination

and chester arthur, who was james garfield's vice president, went to albany to help conkling get his back. this was in direct opposition to what garfield was trying to do, which was to institute reforms. hayes also tried to do that. he was trying to take control of this massive patronage system. and so, it was widely noted that chester a arthur, although he was garfield's vice president, was in new york doing conkling's bidding and therefore opposing garfield at the time when garfield was shot. the tension between these two between that was formed the republicans and the stalwart wing of the party was so great that when garfield was shot, there were many people who suspected that arthur and conkling at something to do with it. brian: what can you tell us about the man who shot james garfield, gateau? scott: he was probably mentally ill. lifematter of fact, his story bears some resemblance to a lot of the other characters throughout american history who ended up doing the same kinds of things that he did. i think it is fair to say modern medicine today would've judged him to be mental

chester arthur, who was james garfield vice president, went to albany tell conkling's seatback -- to lp conkling get his seatback. this was in opposition to it garfield was trying to do. his also try to do that, but in this case it was garfield trying to push the same sort of thing. it was widely noted that arthur was in new york doing conkling's bidding and therefore, opposing garfield at the time when garfield was shot. the tension between these two factions, the reform wing of the publican party and the -- when garfield was shot there were many people who suspected that arthur and conkling had something to do with it. troubled very childhood and young adulthood. probably was mentally ill, in bears a lotfe story of resemblance to some of the other characters throughout american history. , think it is fair to say modern medicine today would have judged him to be mentally ill. however, the direct instigator of this act was the fact that he thought that he was owed an office for the work he had done for the garfield, arthur campaign in 1880. money was rejected, he decided that the prob

james garfield once made a his firstat after sight of the battlefield, the sight of men killed by other men, garfield said that something went out of him and never came back again. some sense of the sanctity of life and its divine origins. and garfield had been raised in the disciples of christ, he was a lay preacher. the war had an enormous impact on people. it shook them loose from those religious moorings. the war was not about predictability or an orderly universe, presided over by an all-powerful but always being. what the war seemed to be was lout contingency, chance, uck, unpredictability, and americans were often not prepared to deal with these things. they came out of the war not only physically and psychologically mauled by it, but culturally mauled. the assumptions religion had equipped them with were among the casualties of battle. gary: we have a list of questions have come in from all of you. one that is onth point with your discussion of lee and treason. we often said that going to virginia was the only decision he could've made. had an in his biography chapter with that

hayes and james a. garfield and benjamin harrison. all union generals who were elected president. then william mckinley who was a company great officer, but nonetheless a union veteran. every republican who held the presidency for the rest of the 19th century had been directly involved in saving the union. the democrats, we know who they ran successfully twice, grover cleveland who hired the poor polish guy to vote for him. there's a disconnection between who's getting elected as a republican and a democrat to the presidency. the republicans would say of course the democrats are running a draft dodger. we run generals, they run draft dodgers. the democrat ran one former general for president, hancock in 1880. and he did okay. but he did not win. it is a plus to have union veteran on your resume if you're running for office after the civil war. and the democrats struggle with this notion that they were not really fully on board with this struggle to save the union. they came back, once the former confederate states were back, the democrats regained control of the house of represent

close adviser to president lincoln, and district of columbia recorder of deeds under president james garfield. in 1899 president harrison apointed him to be the u.s. minister to haiti and later apointed by president grant to serve as secretary of the commission of santo domingo. douglass achieved justice for all americans and lived in the district of columbia for 23 of his 57 years as a freeman and his home at cedar hill is an official national historic site in southeast washington, d.c., every year, thousands of americans and others visits cedar hill, the federal rick douglass statue that stands in his honor in the united states capitol is a gift from 700,000 residents of the district of columbia. i urge my colleagues to support this important legislation. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. russell: it is now my privilege to recognize the gentleman from maryland and original co-sponsor of this bill, mr. harris, for as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. harris: i want to thank th

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