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5 .2 FROM S E A TO S H I N I N G S E A 7877-7893
MEMBER OF C O N G R E S S♦ SENATOR ELECT & PRESIDENT ELECT

In 2 .NOV.80 E le c tio n James G a r fie ld Union W in fie ld S .
Hancock, & became unique a-6 4:he onEy man to be an MC 7863), Sen ator e le c t
January 1880 fon Ee/im s t a r t in g in 1881) & Pr e le c t . Inaugurated on M AR.87 Tie
u>a6 -6hoE by C h a rles G u itea u on 2 .JU L .8 1 & d ie d on 1 9 .SEP. 81 due to m edical in com peten ce.

Jam Ga K
20th Pdei

I ilin{leldHancock
defeated Challenged

Idee Fdank' oi Jamei Gad^leld ai MC, pdiod to end o^ thii ge 7.JUL.73.
edi WASHINGTON D.C. CONGRESS/ FREE, JAN 30

V ic e -P r e s . C h e ste r A rthu r assumed P re sid e n c y . P en d leton A ct became Law in 7883 rem oving
some C i v i l S e r v ic e jo b s from th e 's p o ils s y s te m '. Prime M eridian C on feren ce was h eld in
W ashington, VC & 25 n a tio n s adopted Greenw ich as th e Prime M erid ia n .

Medldian Con^edence (tlaA/unglon Monument
Convened 71.OCT.84 dedicated 27.FEB.85

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