One of the attorneys of Ex parte Milligan, he was nominated for the presidency as a compromise when the Republican Party could not decide between Ulysses Grant and James Blaine.
He defeated Confederate Humphrey Marshall at Prestonburg, Kentucky to gain promotion to brigadier general, and he was elected as an Ohio representative to Congress while he was still in the army. One of the attorneys of Ex parte Milligan, he was nominated for the presidency as a compromise when the Republican Party could not decide between Ulysses Grant and James Blaine. For ten points, name this ambidextrous Republican president of the United States who was shot and killed in 1881 by the insane office- seeker, Charles Guiteau.
He defeated Confederate Humphrey Marshall at Prestonburg, Kentucky to gain promotion to brigadier general, and he was elected as an Ohio representative to Congress while he was still in the army.
James A. {Garfield}