Synonyms:
Garfield, James_Garfield, James_A._Garfield, James_Abraham_Garfield, President_Garfield
Meaning: 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)
Usage examples
Again, in 1880, General Garfield, the Republican candidate for President, carried the State of New York by a plurality of about 20,000, without which he could not have been elected.
Of the four sons, Edward died in infancy; William ("Willie") at twelve at Washington; Thomas ("Tad") at Springfield, aged twenty; Robert M. T., minister to Great Britain, presidential candidate, secretary of war to President Garfield.