The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.

At the time of Garfield's residence in the office the President's annual salary was $50000 which would be largely consumed for the operation of the White House. After Garfield finiJames A. Garfieldd his education between the 1857 and 1858 elections he began his career in politics as a "vigorous" stump speaker in support of the Republican Party and their anti-slavery cause. He joined with the Philadelphia-based Phillips brothers in an oil exploration investment which was moderately profitable.

He was first elected to Congress in 1862 as Representative of the 19th District of Ohio. Supreme Court justice. Grant James G.