TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 5 P6

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 5 P6 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 38 GARFIELD JAMES ABRAM James A. Garfield. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS chairman of the committee on appropriations and he established himself as an expert on the budget. He also focused his attention on legislation related to Reconstruction policies in the South protective tariff issues and the maintenance of a sound currency. When Blaine was elected to the Senate in 1876 Garfield became the House minority leader a position he held for the remainder of his congressional service. Garfield held his House office for eighteen years for the most part easily winning the nomination of his party and the vote of the electorate as each term concluded. Only once during his time in the House was his reelection in question. In the early 1870s the Republican party was discredited by allegations of scandal in the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant including the Cr Aaedit Mobilier scandal. Crédit Mobilier of America was a construction company established to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It became known that Garfield was among a group of congressmen who had accepted stock in Crédit Mobilier in exchange for legislative consideration. Garfield ultimately refused the stock but it took him two years to do so. His critics maintained that he decided not to take the stock only because the issue had placed him in political hot water. During the same period Garfield accepted a retainer for legal services from a Washington . company seeking to supply paving materials in the nation s capital. He argued that because he had no direct connection to city government there was no conflict of interest. Not everyone shared his opinion. Though many public servants of the day conducted personal business while in office Garfield found it increasingly difficult to distinguish clients who wanted his legal advice from those who wanted his political influence. Garfield was reelected in 1874 despite the controversy but to avoid future problems he ceased taking outside legal clients. The incident .

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