Harry Augustus Garfield papers, 1855-1961

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1863, Oct. 11	Born, Hiram, Ohio
1880	Attended St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.
1881	Entered Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. Father, President James A. Garfield, assassinated
1885	Graduated, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
1885-1886	Taught, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.
1886-1887	Studied law, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., and with the firm of Bange and Stetson, New York, N.Y.
1887-1888	Studied law, Oxford University, Oxford, England, and traveled in Europe
1888	Married Belle Hartford Mason (died 1944) Began practice of law with younger brother, James Rudolph Garfield, Cleveland, Ohio
1892-1895	Taught law, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in addition to practicing law
1893-1903	Engaged in various business interests
1894	Frederic C. Howe taken into law firm
1898	Formed law practice of Garfield, Garfield and Howe
1903	Moved to Princeton, N.J., at the request of Woodrow Wilson to become professor of politics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
1907	Became president of Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
1917-1919	United States fuel administrator
1921	Received Distinguished Service Medal from President Woodrow Wilson Established Institute of Politics, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
1934	Retired
1934-1935	Traveled around the world
1930s-1942	Lived in Washington, D.C., and in Williamstown and Duxbury, Massachusetts; active in civic, church, and educational affairs
1942, Dec. 12	Died, Williamstown, Mass.