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James Garfield
James Garfield
President order: 20
Republican
Born in Ohio
Sworn in on 3/4/1881
Age at inauguration: 49
Less than 1 term

Biography

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) served as the 
20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms 
in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's presidency only lasted 200 
days from March 4, 1881 until his death on September 19, 1881 after being 
shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881. Only William Henry 
Harrison's presidency was shorter, with 32 days in office. Garfield was the
 second United States President to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln, 
and he is the only incumbent congressman to be elected President.

Early life:
James Garfield was born the youngest of five children on November 19, 1831 
in a log cabin in Orange Township, now Moreland Hills, Ohio. His father, 
Abram Garfield, of large stature and locally renowned as a wrestler, died 
when James Abram was 17 months old. Of Welsh ancestry, he was brought up 
and cared for by his mother, Eliza Ballou, who said, "he was the largest 
babe I had and looked like a red Irishman."Garfield's parents joined 
Disciples of Christ Church, which later profoundly influenced their son.


Marriage and family:
From 1851 to 1854, he attended the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute founded
 by the Disciples of Christ (later named Hiram College) in Hiram, Ohio, where 
he was taught by Platt Rogers Spencer, and was most interested in the study of 
Greek and Latin.While at Eclectic, he also was engaged to teach there, and as
 well developed a regular preaching circuit at neighboring churches for a gold 
dollar per service.Garfield then enrolled at Williams College in Williamstown, 
Massachusetts, where he was a brother of Delta Upsilon fraternity.

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