Lucretia Garfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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former First Lady of the United States
Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1832
Place of Birth: Hiram, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 14-Mar-1918
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Lucretia Garfield
- Lucretia Garfield (née Rudolph; April 19, 1832 – March 13, 1918) was the First Lady of the United States from March to September 1881, as the wife of James A.
- Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. Born in Garrettsville, Ohio, Garfield first met her husband in 1849 at Geauga Seminary.
- After a long courtship, they married in 1858.
- They would eventually have seven children together, five of whom lived to adulthood.
- Highly educated and intellectually curious, Garfield was well attuned to the internal machinations of the Republican Party, which proved to be of great aid to her husband's political career.
- She was well regarded during her brief period in the White House, but after only a few months contracted malaria and went to Long Branch, New Jersey, to recuperate. In July 1881, James Garfield was shot and mortally wounded by Charles Guiteau.
- He lingered for two and half months before dying, during which his wife stayed at his bedside and received much public sympathy.
- Lucretia Garfield returned to her former residence in Ohio after being widowed, living in what is now the James A.
- Garfield National Historic Site.
- She spent much of the rest of her life preserving her husband's papers and other materials, establishing what was effectively the first presidential library.
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Image Author, Source and License
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.04025. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH826- 30278 A <P&P>[P&P]
License: PD-Brady-Handy
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| Description | American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1822 | 15 January 1896 | |
| Location of birth/death | Warren County | Manhattan | |
| Work period | from 1844 until circa 1887 | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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| Alternative names | Levin C. Handy | ||
| Description | American photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 10 August 1855 | 26 March 1932 / 23 March 1932 | |
| Location of birth/death | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | |
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.04025. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH826- 30278 A <P&P>[P&P]
License: PD-Brady-Handy
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