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James A. Garfield: Man
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Most people who belonged to the Congress could not manage to bring their families to Washington so Garfield found a small place to live in a boarding house. He was lonely, so setting aside his general's uniform, he took a congressional seat which he occupied for the next seventeen years
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Garfield managed to block the nominations of Blaine and Grant, but he could not secure a majority for Sherman. With the convention deadlocked, twenty Wisconsin delegates made a bold move on the thirty-fifth ballot and, in protest, cast twenty votes for Garfield.
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Conkling maneuvered to have the Senate confirm Garfield's uncontested nominations and adjourn without acting on Robertson. Garfield countered by withdrawing all nominations except Robertson's; the Senators would have to confirm him or sacrifice all the appointments of Conkling's friends.
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Scandal touched Garfield's career at several points, most notably with the infamous Crédit Mobilier affair. Evidence of his complicity was not absolute and at worst he was regarded as a highly principled man who may have given in to temptation in an age of widespread greed and corruption.
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