Garfield, James R. 1865-1950 James Rudolph Garfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 1 of 3 James Rudolph Garfield From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Rudolph Garfield (October 17, 1865 - March 24, 1950) was an American politician, lawyer and son James Rudolph Garfield of President James Abram Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Garfield. He was Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. Contents 1 Early life 2 College and early career 3 Political career 4 World War I 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Early life 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior In office Garfield was March 5, 1907 - March 5, 1909 born in Hiram, President Theodore Roosevelt Ohio, the third Preceded by Ethan Allen Hitchcock of seven children born Succeeded by Richard Achilles Ballinger to James Personal details Abram and Born October 17, 1865 Lucretia Hiram, Ohio, U.S. Rudolph Garfield. For a Died March 24, 1950 (aged 84) year prior to Washington, D.C., U.S. his father's Political party Republican, Progressive presidency, he studied at St. Spouse(s) Helen Newell Garfield James R. Garfield (first boy from left) Paul's School Alma mater Williams College and siblings in Concord, Columbia University, J.D. New Profession Politician, Lawyer Hampshire. On July 2, 1881, at the age of 15, he witnessed the shooting of his father by disgruntled office-seeker Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac railroad station in Washington. The President and his son were waiting for a train en route to Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where young James had been recently accepted, when the shooting took place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rudolph_Garfield 2/7/2014 James Rudolph Garfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 2 of 3 College and early career Following his father's death on September 19, 1881, he studied at Williams College, graduating in 1885, before moving on to Columbia Law School where he studied law and earned his J.D. in 1888. That same year, he was Garfield with Theodore Roosevelt admitted to the Ohio bar and established the Cleveland, Ohio-based law firm of Garfield and Garfield, with his brother Harry Augustus Garfield. From 1890 until her death in 1930, he was married to Helen Newell. Their grandson, Newell Garfield, later married Jane Harrison Walker, a granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison and Harrison's second wife Mary Dimmick Harrison as well as the great- grandniece of James G. Blaine. Political career From 1896 to 1899, he served in the Ohio State Senate. He was an influential advisor to President Theodore Roosevelt, serving as a Member of the United States Civil Service Commission from 1902 to 1903. From 1903 to 1907, he served as JAMES AND HENRY A. GARFIELD, Commissioner of Corporations at the Department of Commerce SONS OF THE PRESIDENT. and Labor, where he conducted investigations of the meat- Illustration of James and Henry packing, petroleum, steel, and railroad industries From 1907 to following the death of their father 1909, he served in Roosevelt's Cabinet as Secretary of the Interior, where he advocated for the conservation of natural resources. He left this post on March 4, 1909, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland. [1 During the 1912 presidential election, he was a key supporter of Roosevelt's bid for a third term. In 1914, he made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of Ohio on the Progressive Party ticket. World War I Roosevelt selected Garfield as one of eighteen officers (others included: Seth Bullock, Frederick Russell Burnham, and John M. Parker) to raise a volunteer infantry division, Roosevelt's World War I volunteers, for service in France in 1917. The U.S. Congress gave Roosevelt the authority to raise up to four divisions similar to the Rough Riders of 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and to the British Army 25th (Frontiersmen) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; however, as Commander-in-chief, President Woodrow Wilson refused to make use of the volunteers and the unit disbanded. [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rudolph_Garfield 2/7/2014 James Rudolph Garfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 3 of 3 Garfield died in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 1950, the last surviving member of Theodore Roosevelt's administration. He had survived his father by almost 69 years. He was interred in Mentor Municipal Cemetery in Mentor, Ohio beside his wife Helen. Notes 1. ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Garfield, James Rudolph". Encyclopedia Americana. 2. ^ Roosevelt, Theodore (1917). The Foes of Our Own Household. New York: George H. Doran company. p. 347. LCCN 17025965. Gerefield INTER FOLIA FRVCTUS References encyclopedia.com article (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/E-GlarfieldJ1R1.asp) Bookplate of James Rudolph External links Garfield, designed by his wife, with the motto, "Fruit among the leaves." James Rudolph Garfield (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi- bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10155833) at Find A Grave James Rudolph Garfield Papers (Library of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/garfldjr.html), at www.loc.gov W "Garfield, James Rudolph". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. Political offices U.S. Secretary of the Interior Preceded by Succeeded by Served under: Theodore Roosevelt Ethan A. Hitchcock Richard A. Ballinger March 5, 1907 - March 5, 1909 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=James_Rudolph_Garfield&oldid=567434536" Categories: 1865 births 1950 deaths Garfield family United States Secretaries of the Interior Ohio State Senators St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire) alumni Williams College alumni Columbia Law School alumni Children of Presidents of the United States American people of Huguenot descent Ohio lawyers People from Portage County, Ohio Ohio Republicans Ohio Progressives (1912) Theodore Roosevelt administration cabinet members This page was last modified on 6 August 2013 at 18:54. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rudolph_Garfield 2/7/2014