James Garfield

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James Garfield has an unusual history, besides having been a general during the U.S. Civil War, he was a U.S. Representative for about eighteen years. While being a Representative, he was both elected to the Senate. However, although he wasn’t running for the position, the Electoral College elected him President. As a result, he declined the Senate seat and in March 1881, he was inaugerated the twentieth president of the U.S.

Despite his qualifications and popularity, Garfield was assassinated in September of his first year in office. The person who shot and thereby ultimately killed him was one of his supporters and campaign workers. He was upset about not getting a good position in the new administration. Mostly, though, the assasin perceived the government as somewhat deadlocked because of conflicts between the Senate and the unexpected election of Garfield. He felt that Chester Arthur, the Vice President would be more agreeable and resolve the conflicts so that he could be approved by the Senate for a high level position in government. The assassin was found guilty and hanged by the next summer.

Note

Although I have good number of stamps on this page, they’re almost all used. Although it cost more than I’d like to spend, I did buy recently the President Garfield stamp (i.e., Scott 256 from 1894), located at the end of the third row of this page. Since this page is about this particular stamp, and this album starts with that stamp, I wanted at least that one to be unused.

Contains 19 spots: own 14 – 12 unused, 2 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Aug 23, 2024

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1	✓	246	Benjamin Franklin	1c (oct 1894) definitive, ultramarine	Bought thru APS Store
1.2	✓	247	Benjamin Franklin	1c (oct 1894) definitive, blue	Bought thru APS Store
2.1	✓	248	George Washington	2c (oct 1894) definitive, pink	Bought thru APS Store
2.2	✗	249	George Washington	2c (oct 1894) definitive, carmine lake
2.3	✓	250	George Washington Type I: Bkgd. Lines thru Triangles	2c (oct 1894) definitive, carmine
2.4	✗	251	George Washington Type II: Lines Thin in Triangles	2c (oct 1894) definitive, carmine
2.5	✓	252	George Washington Type III: Lines Don’t Cross Triangles	2c (apr 1895) definitive, carmine	Bought in Phoenix, Ariz.
3.1	✓	253	Andrew Jackson	3c (sep 1894) definitive, purple	Bought thru APS Store
3.2	✓	254	Abraham Lincoln	4c (sep 1894) definitive, dark brown	Bought thru APS Store
3.3	✓	255	Ulysses Grant	5c (sep 1894) definitive, chocolate	Won at Auction; Concord, NH
3.4	✓	256	James Garfield First Stamp from Bureau of Engraving	6c (jul 1894) definitive, dull brown	Bought in Mequon, Wisc.
4.1	✓	257	Gen. William Sherman	8c (mar 1895) definitive, violet brown	Bought in Tamarac, Fla.
4.2	✓	258	Daniel Webster	10c (sep 1894) definitive, dark green
4.3		259	Henry Clay	15c (oct 1894) definitive, dark blue
4.4	✓	260	Thomas Jefferson	50c (nov 1894) definitive, orange
5.1		261	Cmdr. Oliver Perry Type I: Left Circle su $1 Broken	$1 (nov 1894) definitive, black
5.2		261A	Cmdr. Oliver Perry Type II: Circle Complete	$1 (nov 1894) definitive, black
5.3		262	James Madison	2$ (dec 1894) definitive, bright blue
5.4		263	John Marshall	5$ (dec 1894) definitive, dark green

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.