At the outset, Garfield's relationship with the newly inaugurated President was cool on both sides ; Grant refused a requested post office appointment which Garfield recommended ; Garfield, out of loyalty to his army commander, still harbored some resentment for Grant's dismissal of Rosecrans.

Former President Ulysses S. Grant, an ally of Sen. Conkling, notified President Garfield by letter that he disapproved of Blaine's nomination and staunchly opposed Garfield's appointment of Robertson as the port of New York's customs collector.

Garfield's appointment as Secretary of the Navy, William H. Hunt, immediately initiated a thorough investigation into a resurgence and reform program.

Garfield's appointment of Blaine as Secretary of State, and of Windom as Secretary of the Treasury, instead of Levi P. Morton, whose appointment Conkling had urged, angered Conkling and made him unwilling to agree to any sort of compromise with Garfield on the New York appointments.

When Arthur became president upon Garfield's death, Conkling attempted to sway his protégé into changing the appointment.

) The immediate occasion of their resignation was Garfield's appointment of Half-Breed faction leader William H. Robertson as Collector of the Port of New York.

On the way home Jon takes a wrong turn and reveals he remembered Garfield's appointment with the vet.

Thomas Nichol, Wharton Barker, and Benjamin Harrison were widely considered to be the primary architects of Garfield's ascendancy during the convention, but no one could have controlled this unpredictable outcome for such a dark horse — one who had personally objected at every step.

In it, Thomas detailed information such as the names of Garfield's parents, Georgia ( born in the state ), and Godfrey, that he had a sister, Gloria, a brother in law, Gilbert, and a young nephew, Christmas.

Thomas and Brown also provided a picture of Garfield's average day in his castle along with information about his younger years.

They included: bloodhound Beauregard Burnside III, who was the chief of Garfield's secret service and who readily fell asleep, prompting Thomas to call out " hot dogs, hamburgers, spaghetti and meatballs!

In the December 1997 issue of Dragon Magazine, in an article on Garfield's trading card game patent application, it was reported that Garfield is the great-great-grandson of U. S. President James A. Garfield ( 1831 – 81 ), and that his great-uncle invented the paper clip.

James G. Blaine President Garfield's Secretary of StateBrady-Handy 1870-1880

During President Garfield's limited tenure, he appointed several ambassadors, notably James R. Lowell as U. S. minister to England ; and the famous author of Ben-Hur and former Union Civil War general, Lew Wallace, as U. S. minister to Turkey.

Garfield's Secretary of State James G. Blaine had to contend with Chinese immigration, fishing disputes with Britain, and obtaining U. S. recognition from Korea.

Started during the Chester A. Arthur administration, the Pendleton Act served as a response to the massive public support of civil service reform that grew following President James Garfield's assassination by Charles Julius Guiteau.

In 1881, he wrote President James A. Garfield's biography, but filled the work with contrived conversations and boyish excitements rather than facts.

This was repealed quickly after Colonel James Garfield's Union brigade marched through Paintsville on its way to defeat the Confederate cavalry at the Battle of Middle Creek in Floyd County.

President Chester Arthur, sworn in only thirty days before, following James Garfield's death, made his first public speech as president.

Edgerton was a replacement for Senator William Windom, who became Secretary of the Treasury under President James A. Garfield ; Windom left the cabinet after Garfield's brief presidency and then was re-elected to serve out the remainder of his own term.

He declined offers to run for public office until 1881 ( including a spot as vice president on James Garfield's Republican ticket ).

File: Garfield-casket. jpg | James A. Garfield's coffin lying in state on the Lincoln Catafalque in the United States Capitol Rotunda, 1881.

MacVeagh was the 36th Attorney General of the United States in 1881 under President James A. Garfield, but resigned shortly after Garfield's death.

Among the major players involved were some of the large contractors, the ex-US Representative Bradley Barlow of Vermont, the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, some of the subordinates in the department, and Arkansas Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, who became Secretary of the Republican National Committee during James A. Garfield's 1880 presidential campaign.

Changing James Garfield's bedclothes after his shooting.

He is best known for his Civil War monuments, for the terra cotta relief panels on the Garfield Memorial in Cleveland, Ohio ( depicting the various stages of James Garfield's life ), and for the-long frieze on the Pension Building in Washington, D. C ..

He was not re-elected to the 47th United States Congress ; however, it is likely that his defeat was a result of the changing winds of American politics and not a reflection on the electorate's opinion of his bigamy, as that year James A. Garfield's Republican Party dominated the election.

Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive appointments ; energizing U. S. naval power ; and purging corruption in the Post Office Department.

After Levi P. Morton backed out of the nomination to avoid a dispute, Chester A. Arthur ( a close friend to U. S. Senator Roscoe Conkling ) was subsequently chosen as Garfield's running mate by a large margin over Elihu B. Washburne.

Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness, obsessive eating, and hatred of Mondays and diets.

Released on June 11, 2004, the movie followed Garfield's quest to save the newly adopted Odie from a TV pet-show host.

In 2007, the CGI movie Garfield Gets Real was released, followed by Garfield's Fun Fest in 2008, and Garfield's Pet Force in 2009.

Another approach, known as " Silent Garfield ", involves removing Garfield's thought balloons from the strips.

A television cartoon show, Garfield and Friends aired for seven seasons from 1988 to 1994 ; this adaption also starred Music as the voice of Garfield, one of the very last times Lorenzo Music would voice the character was in Garfield's Phone Messages from the Official Garfield site before his death.

Sega also made video games based on Garfield for the Genesis ( Garfield Caught in the Act ) and Windows 3. 1 computers, as well as other companies made games, such as A Tale of Two Kitties for the DS, published by Game Factory, Garfield's Nightmare for DS, Garfield's Funfest for DS, and Garfield Labyrinth for Game Boy.

Gags in the strips commonly deal with Garfield's obesity ( in one strip, Jon jokes, " I wouldn't say Garfield is fat, but the last time he got on a Ferris wheel, the two guys on top starved to death "), and his hatred of any form of exertion or work.

Jon ( Jonathan Q. Arbuckle ) is Garfield's owner, usually depicted as an awkward clumsy geek who has trouble finding a date.

Jon also had a crush on Liz ( Garfield's veterinarian ) and is now dating her.

Odie is usually portrayed as naïve, happy, affectionate and blissfully unaware of Garfield's cynical, sadistic nature, despite the physical abuse Garfield exhibits toward him, including regularly kicking him off the kitchen table or tricking him into going over the edge himself.

On some occasions, however, he is depicted more intelligently, as one strip, in which he holds a heavy rock to prevent Garfield from doing this, and actually hurts Garfield's foot.

Dr. Liz Wilson is Garfield's veterinarian and a long-time crush of Jon Arbuckle.

Many of the gags focus on Garfield's obsessive eating and obesity ; his hate of Mondays, diets, and any form of exertion ; his constant shedding ( which constantly annoys Jon ); and his abuse of Odie and Jon as well as his obsession with mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi.

Garfield's world has specific locations that appear normally on the comic strips, like the Vet ’ s office, a place he loathes.

For most of Garfield's history, being hit with a pie has inevitably resulted in the onomatopoeia ' splut ', hence the name.

Every week before June 19, the strip focuses on Garfield's birthday, which he dreads because of his fear of getting older.