James Garfield Autograph
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death the following September after being shot by an assassin in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before his candidacy for the presidency, he had been elected to the U.S. Senate by the Ohio General Assembly—a position he declined when he became president-elect. More about James Garfield
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Garfield was born into poverty in a log cabin and grew up in northeastern Ohio. After graduating from Williams College, he studied law and became an attorney. He was a preacher in the Stone–Campbell Movement and president of the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, affiliated with the Disciples. Garfield was elected as a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate in 1859, serving until 1861. He opposed Confederate secession, was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and fought in the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga. Garfield was elected to Congress in 1862 to represent Ohio's 19th district. Throughout his congressional service, he firmly supported the gold standard and gained a reputation as a skilled orator. He initially agreed with Radical Republican views on Reconstruction but later favored a Moderate Republican–aligned approach to civil rights enforcement for freedmen. Garfield's aptitude for mathematics extended to his own proof of the Pythagorean theorem, which he published in 1876.
At the 1880 Republican National Convention, delegates chose Garfield, who had not sought the White House, as a compromise presidential nominee on the 36th ballot. In the 1880 presidential election, he conducted a low-key front porch campaign and narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield's accomplishments as president included his assertion of presidential authority against senatorial courtesy in executive appointments, a purge of corruption in the Post Office, and his appointment of a Supreme Court justice. He advocated for agricultural technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for African Americans. He also proposed substantial civil service reforms, which were passed by Congress in 1883 as the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act and signed into law by his successor, Chester A. Arthur. Read even more about James Garfield at Wikipedia
At the 1880 Republican National Convention, delegates chose Garfield, who had not sought the White House, as a compromise presidential nominee on the 36th ballot. In the 1880 presidential election, he conducted a low-key front porch campaign and narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield's accomplishments as president included his assertion of presidential authority against senatorial courtesy in executive appointments, a purge of corruption in the Post Office, and his appointment of a Supreme Court justice. He advocated for agricultural technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for African Americans. He also proposed substantial civil service reforms, which were passed by Congress in 1883 as the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act and signed into law by his successor, Chester A. Arthur. Read even more about James Garfield at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of James Garfield
The most expensive item with a signature of James Garfield (James Garfield rare Presidential signed document approving treaty with China) was sold in April 2018 for $15000.00 while the cheapest item (2020 Historic Autograph President James Garfield #20) found a new owner for $1.99 in November 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was April 2015 with an average selling price of $700.00 for an autographed item of James Garfield. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2018 with $15000.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.99 was July 2015. In average, an autographed item from James Garfield is worth $337.51.
Most recently, these items with a signature of James Garfield were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 18 yr old James Garfield's Lectures on Botany schoolbook 3x signed Lot 72 | $1300.00 | |
| 1872 James Garfield Signed Letter to former Union General Irvin McDowell | $850.00 | |
| 1881 Autograph Note Signed William WINDOM James Garfield's Treasury Secretary | $15.50 | |
| [James Garfield]. Charles J. Guiteau Signature with a C Lot 49135 | $400.00 | |
| Charles Guiteau - Signature of President James Garfield's Assassin | $250.00 | |
| Charles Guiteau, assassin of President James Garfield Signed Autograph | $255.02 | |
| J. Stanley Brown autographed album page-James Garfield Secretary | $9.99 | |
| James Garfield Appointment Signed Lot 49130 | $5500.00 | |
| James Garfield Cabinet Card Signed Lot 49132 | $700.00 | |
| JAMES GARFIELD envelope signed/addressed in his hand to Hinsdale HIRAM COLLEGE | $395.00 | |
| JAMES GARFIELD PRESIDENTIAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED HANDWRITTEN 1879 FRAMED | $381.00 | |
| James Garfield rare Presidential signed document approving treaty with China | $15000.00 | |
| James Garfield signed autograph Beckett BAS authentic! | $595.95 | |
| PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD BROWN'S FAMOUS PICTURES PRINTED SIGNATURE | $5.99 | |
| William T. Sherman Signed 1881 James Garfield Presidential Inauguration Ticket | $1850.00 | |