Garfield initially agreed with Radical Republican views regarding Reconstruction, then favored a moderate approach for civil rights enforcement for Freedmen.

Garfield, aligned with the Radical Republicans on some issues, not only favored abolition, but early in his career believed that the leaders of the rebellion had forfeited their constitutional rights.

* 2003's Captain's Blood, one of many collaborative works between Star Trek lead William Shatner and husband-and-wife team Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, focused on the involvement of Kirk in preventing a Romulan civil war in the aftermath of Star Trek: Nemesis.

President Garfield advocated a bi-metal monetary system, agricultural technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for African-Americans.

Garfield supported the proposed establishment of the United States civil service as a means of alleviating the burden of aggressive office seekers upon elected officials.

" Garfield was convinced the only answer was some type of civil service reform.

After the assassination of James A. Garfield by a rejected office-seeker in 1881, the calls for civil service reform intensified.

Garfield Township is a civil township of Bay County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Garfield Township is a civil township of Clare County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Garfield Township is a civil township of Kalkaska County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Garfield Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Garfield Township is a civil township of Newaygo County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

The commission was created to administer the civil service of the United States federal government in response to the assassination of President James Garfield by Charles Guiteau, who is said to have been a rejected office seeker.

Following the assassination of President James Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled office seeker, Congress instituted a merit-based civil service in which positions are filled on a nonpartisan basis.

Before its acquisition by Google, the gmail. com domain name was used by a free e-mail service offered by Garfield. com, online home of the comic strip Garfield.

Although his desire was to continue his Army service, Garfield reluctantly took his seat in Congress upon resigning his military commission in December 1863.

During this term, discontented with public service, Garfield pursued opportunities in law practice, but declined a partnership offer after being advised his prospective partner was of " intemperate and licentious " reputation.

Traverse City also has a public transportation system, the Bay Area Transportation Authority ( BATA ) which serves most of the Grand Traverse region with dial-a-ride services and a fixed route bus service, called the Cherriot, serves Traverse City and the urbanized areas of Garfield Township.

The USAT President Polk, a cargo liner impressed into service as an Army transport, embarked 55 P-40s, an equal number of pilots and ground crews gathered from four groups based in California ( including 27 pilots off the President Garfield ), and sailed without escort on 18 December, reaching Brisbane on 13 January 1942.

She was awarded the rank of Brevet-Major by General Garfield and commended by President Abraham Lincoln for her service to the union cause, and became known as Miss Major Cushman.

Before its acquisition by Google, the gmail. com domain name was used by a free email service offered by Garfield. com, online home of the comic strip Garfield.

While their service ultimately failed ( as so many American passenger train services had previously failed in the decades prior to Amtrak's startup in 1971 ), Garfield and Auto-Train Corporation had identified a service that people wanted.

In August 2010, Lerman appeared in " Change the Odds ", a public service announcement video for the Stand Up to Cancer charity ; the video also featured Dakota Fanning, Zac Efron, Andrew Garfield, and other actors.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Nar Nar Goon ( running express from Pakenham to Garfield ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Tynong ( running express from Pakenham to Garfield ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

Garfield is a railway station on the Bairnsdale V / Line rail service in Garfield, Victoria, Australia.

From 2 June 2010 the station was closed to passengers to enable platform works to be carried out, with a shuttle bus service operating between Bunyip and Garfield.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Bunyip ( running express from Garfield to Drouin ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Longwarry ( running express from Garfield to Drouin ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

* June 17 – The Garfield Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago begins service between Marshfield Avenue junction and Cicero ( 48th ) Avenue.

During his limited time in office, Garfield managed to initiate reform of the Post Office Department's notorious " star route " rings and reassert the superiority of the office of the President over the U. S. Senate on the issue of executive appointments.

In his first years in the Senate, Evans focused strongly on legal and constitutional reform issues, attracting early attention with his series of attacks on Sir Garfield Barwick, for potential conflict of interest between his role as the Chief Justice of the High Court and his involvement in his family company Mundroola.

In the spring of 1863 Garfield returned to the field as Chief of Staff for William S. Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumberland ; his influence in this position was greater than usual – with duties extending beyond mere communication to actual management of Rosecrans's army.

Garfield was conflicted – he was sure that he could better serve in Congress than in camp, but he was determined that his military position not be used as a stepping stone to political advancement.

For a time, Garfield appeared to be the only Ohio politician to hold this position.

Garfield at this time endorsed the view that the Senate, via the Tenure of Office Act, had final say on Presidential appointments, a position he would radically change when President himself.

Later in this term, Garfield found himself in the position of having to vote for his Appropriation Committee's bill, which included a provision to increase Congressional and Presidential salaries, something he opposed.

Hanna sought no position in the Garfield administration, although Horner states that his services to the campaign entitled him to a reward, and speculates that Hanna did not make any request of Garfield because of their political differences.

In 1881, President James Garfield offered him the position of Attorney General, which he declined.

Each side battled over the position for over a year, even through the assassination and eventual death of President James Garfield.

Each side battled over the position for over a year, even through the assassination and eventual death of President James Garfield.