When he is remembered at all, James A. Garfield is usually thought of as one of the more or less anonymous bearded Republicans who served during the long period of presidential mediocracy that separated Lincoln from Teddy Roosevelt. People who know a little bit more might recall that his assassination denied Garfield the opportunity of making a significant mark on the republic. Northeast Ohioans, however, remember that their native son was an exemplary public servant--a teacher, a college president, a Civil War hero, an effective member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the subject of a Horatio Alger biography--and that Garfield, almost uniquely, transcended the culture of corruption that was endemic to the Gilded Age. In so far as his assassination was regarded as a national tragedy, he was the John F. Kennedy of his day. Pictured in the U.S. Capitol, left to right, are Sam Rose, Amy Ovecka, Jessica Meeker, Liz Hagan, JAG, Josh Kramer, Terry Traster, Chelsea Rider, and David Young.