#240 - The Life and Presidency of James Garfield: A Dialogue with C.W. Goodyear

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with C.W. Goodyear about the life and presidency of James Garfield. They provide an overview of Garfield and talk about the background context and temperament of Garfield. They discuss how he rose to being a General in the Civil War very quickly, his tenure in the US House of Representatives, and his emphasis on Civil Service reform and a Department of Education. They discuss the moderate platform he ran on for President, his assassination, his legacy, and many more topics. C.W. Goodyear is a historian and author who has a degree in Global Affairs from Yale University. He has worked as a ghostwriter for various projects. He is the author of the new book, President Garfield: From Radical To Unifier. Website: https://www.cwgoodyearbooks.com/Instagram: @cwgoodyear Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe