James Garfield, photographed by Mathew Brady
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JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD
20th President of The United States of America
November 19, 1831 • September 19, 1881
- Birthplace: Orange, Ohio
- Parents: Abram Garfield (1799-1833), Eliza Ballou (1801-1888)
- Brothers and Sisters: James was the fifth child in a family of five
- 1857-1861: President of Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, Ohio
- 1861: Commissioned lieutenant colonel of 42nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry
- 1862: Defeated Confederate forces under General Marshall, Paintville, KY
- 1863-1880: Elected to U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
- 1880: Elected by Ohio Legislature to U.S. Senate
- Political Party: Republican
- Age at Inauguration: 49 years, 105 days
- Term of Office: March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881
- Term Served: 199 days
- Vice President: Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886)
- First Lady: Lucretia Rudolph (04.19.1832 - 03.14.1918)
- Date and Place of Marriage: November 11, 1858 at Hiram, Ohio
- Children: Eliza Arabella, Harry Augustus, James Rudolph, Mary, Irvin McDowell, Abram, Edward
- July 2, 1881: Shot by Charles J. Guiteau while passing through the railroad depot in Washington, D.C.
- September 19, 1881: Died from the effects of the wound received in July
- Age at Death: 49 years, 304 days
- Place of Death: Elberon, New Jersey
- Burial place: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
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