Abraham, originally Abram, was the greatest of the Hebrew patriarchs. He was born in 2153 BC at Ur in Chaldea according to Hales, in 1996 BC according to Ussher, while Bunsen says he lived 2850 BC. He migrated, accompanied by his wife Sarah and his nephew Lot, to Canaan, where he led a nomadic life, which according to myth extended over 175 years. His two sons Isaac and Ishmael were, according to myth, the progenitors of the Jews and Arabs respectively. Research Abraham
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the USA from 1881 to 1885. He was born in 1830 at Fairfield, Vermont and died in 1886. The son of Scottish parents, his father being pastor of Baptist churches in Vermont and New York, he graduated from Union College in 1848 and taught for a while before studying and practising law at New York, championing the rights of the Black community. During the American Civil War he was energetic as quartermaster general of New York in getting troops raised and equipped. He was afterwards collector of customs for the port of New York. In 1880 he was elected vice-president, succeeding as president on the deathJames Abram Garfield in 1881. Research Chester Alan Arthur
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the USA, for four months during 1881, until he was assassinated by a former supporter, Guiteau, armed with a British-made Bulldogrevolver. James Abram Garfield was born in 1831 at Orange, Cuyahoga County and died in 1881. After miscellaneous experiences, including work on a canal tow-path, he entered Hiram College in Ohio. From there he went to Williams College, and graduated in 1856. For a short time he taught the classics in Hiram College, and in 1857 became the president of that institution.
Two years later he entered the State Senate. In the opening year of the war he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of volunteers; having been entrusted with a small independent command he routed the Confederates at Middle Creek, Kentucky on January the 10th, 1862. He was made a brigadier-general, served at Shiloh, etc., and became chief of staff in Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland. In this capacity he rendered important services, and was made major-general after Chickamauga. He had been already elected to Congress, and took his seat in December, 1863. From this time he served continuously and was one of the leading debaters and orators on the Republican side. He was member of important committees, like Military Affairs and Ways and Means, and was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and on Appropriations. General Garfield served on the electoral Commission of 1877 and was elected US Senator from Ohio in 1880. The same year he attended the National Convention, and on the thirty-sixth ballot received the nomination, through the influence of James Blaine.
Entering office on March the 4th, 1881, he choseJames Blaine for the State Department, Windom for the Treasury, and R. T. Lincoln for War. He became almost immediately involved in the Republican factional quarrels of New York. His appointment of the 'Half-Breed' Robertson to the collectorship of New York caused the 'Stalwart' Senators, Conkling and Platt, to resign and demand a 'vindication'. In the midst of these proceedings President Garfield was shot at Washington on July the 2nd, by Guiteau, dying in September of the same year from the wound. Research James Abram Garfield
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