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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | 0 | 9 sets | |
| 2 | 20th president, republican, assassinated by charles julius guiteau after a few months in office due to lack of patronage | 9 sets | |
| 3 | thought that people should get government jobs on the basis of merit or ability rather then as a political reward he also found himself swamped by people seeking patronage. | 6 sets | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 sets | |
| 5 | 20th u.s. president. 1881-1881 (assassinated). republican | 3 sets | |
| 6 | president during gilded age | 3 sets | |
| 7 | tried to rid government of spoils system, he thought government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit | 2 sets | |
| 8 | second president assassinated | 2 sets | |
| 9 | assassinated after sex months in office by charles guiteau. | 2 sets | |
| 10 | 20th president and scholar | 1 set | |
| 11 | 20th president of the united states (1881) and the second u.s. president to be assassinated. he held office from march to september of 1881, president garfield was in office for a total of six months and fifteen days. | 1 set | |
| 12 | the 20th president of the united states. | 1 set | |
| 13 | 20th president; term began and ended in 1881. vice president charles arthur becomes president (1881). | 1 set | |
| 14 | 20th 1881 (rep) | 1 set | |
| 15 | was the first president to not use the spoils system to appoint his cabinet; resulted in his assasination | 1 set | |
| 16 | 20th president of the united states | 1 set | |
| 17 | 20th president of the u.s started out as a canal boy and worked his way up to president. | 1 set | |
| 18 | 20th president of the us | 1 set | |
| 19 | death resulted civil service act | 1 set | |
| 20 | dealth started civil service act | 1 set | |
| 21 | twentienth | 1 set | |
| 22 | 20th. 1881-1881 (assassinated). republican | 1 set | |
| 23 | 20th president of the us, he was assassinated in office, started as a canal boy and worked his way up to becoming the president | 1 set | |
| 24 | short-lived president-assassinated because of political position | 1 set | |
| 25 | democrat elected in 1880; gave offices to halfbreeds; assassinated in 1881 | 1 set | |
| 26 | president of the united states 1881. he is known for his frustration and activism against curruption in politics. a few months after being in office he was assinated by an individual who belived they deserved a political position from garfield. | 1 set | |
| 27 | president that served the least amount of time in office | 1 set | |
| 28 | 20th president (1881) | 1 set | |
| 29 | elected 1880, determined to unite republican party, lowered tariff to cut taxes, assert american interests in latin america | 1 set | |
| 30 | president who was assassinated. republican. | 1 set | |
| 31 | president in 1881--- he was shot by a disappointed office seeker | 1 set | |
| 32 | ohio republican, only president for six months before he is shot. | 1 set | |
| 33 | 20th president (1881) 2nd to be assassinated; believed people should be appointed to government positions because of their qualifications | 1 set | |
| 34 | 20th | 1 set | |
| 35 | republican 1881 from ohio presided over divided republicans assisinated by geautea | 1 set | |
| 36 | was elected to presidency in 1880. he barely won the popular vote but won by a huge margin in the electoral college. he was assassinated so stalwarts could be in power in the government. this brought about reforms in the spoils systems. | 1 set | |
| 37 | 1881 - assassinated | 1 set | |
| 38 | march 4th to sept. 19th 1881, republican, vp- chester arthur, sec. of state- james a. blaine, assasinated by c. julius guiteau | 1 set | |
| 39 | death led to the reform of the spoils system | 1 set | |
| 40 | lucretia rudolph | 1 set | |