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The Assassination of President James Garfield
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“Dark Horse” Candidate
Hayes turns out to be a reformer Blaine’s stature in Republican politics grows Conkling and Blaine compromise on the Republican ticket James Garfield the “half-breed” Chester Arthur the “stalwart”
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James Garfield Chester Arthur
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Results
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Cabinet Secretary of State James Blaine
Secretary of Treasury William Windom Secretary of War (Defense) Robert Todd Lincoln
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Office Seeker Charles Guiteau
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Assassination Campaigner Ambassador to France
Feels slighted by the Garfield staff Plots revenge
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Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station
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Chester Arthur Becomes President
Accused of being a part of a cabal Pendleton Act Becomes a reformer Depression Dies in 1886
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Reasons for the Collapse of the Gilded Age
Assassination of President Garfield Adoption of Civil Service Reform
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