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'''James Abram Garfield''' <ref>http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jagarfield.html</ref> (1831-1881) was the 20th [[President of the United States of America]], serving less than a year in office.  He was assassinated by  a deranged gunman, [[Charles Julius Guiteau]], who may have sought to make the Vice President, [[Chester Arthur]], the next President.  Garfield was the only president to serve as a clergyman while in the White House.<ref>http://www.kencollins.com/about/about.htm</ref>   

'''James Abram Garfield''' <ref>http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jagarfield.html</ref> (1831-1881) was the 20th [[President of the United States of America]], serving less than a year in office.  He was assassinated by  a deranged gunman, [[Charles Julius Guiteau]], who may have sought to make the Vice President, [[Chester Arthur]], the next President.  Garfield was the only president to serve as a clergyman while in the White House.<ref>http://www.kencollins.com/about/about.htm</ref>   

Garfield suffered for weeks from the lodging of the bullet inside him, first in the White House and then at a New Jersey seaside location.  Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, attempted to find the internal bullet with his own invention, an induction-balance electrical device.  All attempts at removing the bullet were unsuccessful, and Garfield died on September 19, 1881 from an infection and internal hemorrhage.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jg20.html</ref> He served as President for six months and fifteeen days

Garfield suffered for weeks from the lodging of the bullet inside him, first in the White House and then at a New Jersey seaside location.  Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, attempted to find the internal bullet with his own invention, an induction-balance electrical device.  All attempts at removing the bullet were unsuccessful, and Garfield died on September 19, 1881 from an infection and internal hemorrhage.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jg20.html</ref> He served as President for six months and fifteen days

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* [https://librivox.org/author/11291 Works by James Garfield - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]

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