What was President James Garfield's greatest achievement?

TheJay

He was a Colonel in the Union Army in the Civil War. Jan 31 01, 10:23 PM

Moleman

He was the first person to have Bell's induction-balance used on him. On July 2, 1881 in a Washington railroad station an embittered attorney who had sought a consular post shot Garfield. While Garfield lay in the White House for weeks, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, tried unsuccessfully to find the bullet with an induction-balance electrical device which he had designed. He failed and Garfield died. Feb 01 01, 10:13 AM

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