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Was James Garfield the first southerner to be elected president since the Civil War?
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No, he was born in Ohio, a northern state. The first southerner president after the Civil War is Woodrow Wilson.
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∙ 13y agoGarfield was from Ohio.
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What event changed the republican party's position on civil service reform?
The Assassination of President James Garfield
What is a slang for southerner in civil war?
Johnny Reb
What event spurred passage of the civil service reform act of 1883?
The Pendleton Act, passed under President Alan Arthur, was the first step towards Civil Service reform in the US. The act was motivated, in part, by the assassination of President Garfield by a disappointed offiice seeker.
Was the US Civil War already happening when Abraham Lincoln got elected for president?
Elected President. 1861, Civil War begins. 1863
Who is A white southerner who supported republican reconstruction after the civil war?
scalawags
Was president Garfield's term before or after the civil war?
James Garfield was elected in 1880, 15 years after the Civil War ended. He was a major general in the Civil War and his military recorded helped him get elected.
In 1912 Woodrow Wilson became the first elected to the presidency since the civil war?
southerner
Which of these men was the first Democrat elected President of the US after the Civil War?
Do you mean who was the first Democrat to be elected President after the Civil War? The Republican party dominated for many years following the Civil War. After Lincoln was assassinated, he was succeeded by Johnson, a member of the War Union Party, who was followed by Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur, who were all Republicans. Then, in 1884, Grover Cleveland was elected. He was a Democrat, and he took office in 1885.
Civil service act 1883 was spurred by the assassination of a president?
President Garfield.
What led to James Garfield running for president?
He had been a US Congressman for many years. He also had a distinguished record as a major general in the Civil War. He served as chair of the Ohio delegation at the nominating convention of 1880. After the convention became deadlocked ,somebody suggested Garfield. The bandwagon grew and Garfield was nominated. He became the only sitting Congressman to be elected President .
Why we're many Americans surprised when President Johnson supported civil rights?
He was a Southerner with an undistinguished record on racial matters.
Who was the first democrat elected president after civil war?
The 22th (and 24th) US President was Democrat Grover Cleveland, elected in 1884 and in 1892. Although Vice President Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, succeeded to the Presidency on the death of Abraham Lincoln, the next four Presidents were Republicans: Ulysses S. Grant, elected in 1868 and 1872 (18th President) Rutherford B. Hayes, elected 1876 (19th President) James Garfield, elected 1880 (20th President) Checter A. Arthur, succeeded Garfield (21st President)
Why were Americans surprised when president Johnson supported civil rights?
He was a Southerner with an undistinguished record on racial matters.
Why is president Garfield considered the martyr of civil service?
Garfield was assassinated by a man who wanted to be appointed to a government job and blamed Garfield for not getting it. Garfield thus became a martyr, in a way. Since Garfield favored a reform in the way that civil service jobs were filled, you can say that he was a martyr for civil service.
When was Chester A. Arthur elected to the US presidency?
Technically never. Arthur was vice-president under James Garfield, who was shot and killed in office.
Which president was a soldier in the civil war?
Several of them. Grant, Garfield, McKinley for three.
The civil war hero who was elected president in 1868?
The president during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln.
