Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | History of the Collection | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1831, Nov. 19 | Born, Orange, Ohio |
| 1849 | Entered Geauga Seminary, Chester, Ohio Taught in district schools in Ohio |
| 1851-1853 | Attended Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, Hiram, Ohio, teaching in district schools between terms |
| 1854-1856 | Attended Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., receiving M.A. degree |
| 1857-1861 | President, Eclectic Institute of Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio; taught Latin, Greek, mathematics, history, philosophy, English literature, and rhetoric |
| 1858 | Married Lucretia Rudolph |
| 1859 | Member, Ohio state senate Law student, office of attorney Albert Gallatin Riddle, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1861 | Admitted to the Ohio state bar Commissioned lieutenant colonel, Forty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| 1862 | Promoted to brigadier general of volunteers |
| 1863 | Appointed chief of staff under General William S. Rosecrans |
| 1864-1880 | Member, United States House of Representatives |
| 1877 | Member, Electoral Commission charged to decide disputed presidential election of 1876 |
| 1880 | President of the United States Elected to the United States Senate from Ohio but declined office upon election to the presidency |
| 1881, July 2 | Shot by Charles J. Guiteau, Washington, D.C. |
| 1881, Sept. 19 | Died, Elberon, N.J. |