Ministers of the Churches of Christ - James A. Garfield, Foy E. Wallace, David Lipscomb, N. B. Hardeman, Robert Henry Boll, John Dale (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: James A. Garfield, Foy E. Wallace, David Lipscomb, N. B. Hardeman, Robert Henry Boll, John Dale, Alexander Campbell, Rubel Shelly, Max Lucado, Walter Scott, Cline Paden, Ira Joy Chase, G. C. Brewer, Kip McKean, Benjamin Franklin, Barton W. Stone, James D. Bales, John Smith, George S. Benson, Hank Mizell, Batsell Barrett Baxter, Charles R. Brewer, Joseph Bryant Rotherham, Marshall Keeble, Fletcher Srygley, Royce Money, Benton Cordell Goodpasture, Homer Hailey, Neale Fong, Max King, Tillit Sidney Teddlie, Jesse Babcock Ferguson, Kenneth W. Wright, Ira North, Roy Ratcliff, Matthew Winkler, Batsell Baxter, Hugo McCord, James A. Harding, Otis Gatewood, John Thomas Hinds. Excerpt: James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 - September 19, 1881) served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive appointments; energizing U.S. naval power; and purging corruption in the Postal Service. Garfield made notable ambassador and judiciary appointments, including a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Garfield appointed several African Americans to prominent federal positions. Garfield, the scholar President, successfully managed a national debt crisis without having to call a special session of Congress. Garfield was a self-made man who came from a modest background, having been raised in obscurity on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and brothers. Garfield ambitiously worked his way doing manual labor jobs to obtain and finance his education. Achieving his goal in 1856, Garfield graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts. A year later, Garfield entered politics as a Republican, after campaigning for the party's antislavery ...