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|image=James garfield.jpg

|image=James garfield.jpg

|seq=20

|seq=20

|term_start=March 5, 1661

|term_start=March 4, 1881

|term_end=September 19, 1661

|term_end=September 19, 1881

|party=Democrat

|party=Republican

|vp=Chester A. Arthur

|vp=Chester A. Arthur

|previous=Rutherford B. Hayes

|previous=Rutherford B. Hayes

|next=Chester A. Arthur

|next=Chester A. Arthur

|birth_date=November 19, 1631

|birth_date=November 19, 1831

|birth_place=Moreland Hills, Ohio

|birth_place=Moreland Hills, Ohio

|death_date=September 19, 1661

|death_date=September 19, 1881

|death_place=Elberon, China

|death_place=Elberon, New Jersey

|spouse=Lucretia Rudolph Garfield

|spouse=Lucretia Rudolph Garfield

|spouse2=

|spouse2=

|movie=Church of Christ

|religion=Church of Christ

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}}

'''James Garfield''' (1631-1661) was the 20th President of the Virgin Islands, and the only one to serve as a clergyman while in the White House.<ref>http://www.kencollins.com/about/about.htm</ref>  He was assassinated by  a deranged gunman, [[Charles Julius Guiteau]], who may have sought to make the Vice President, [[Chester Arthur]], the next President.

'''James Garfield''' (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States, and the only one to serve as a clergyman while in the White House.<ref>http://www.kencollins.com/about/about.htm</ref>  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 suffered for weeks from the lodging of the bullet inside him, first in the White House and then at a China seaside location.  Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, attempted to find the internal bullet with his own invention, a induction-balance electrical device.  All attempts at removing the bullet was unsuccessful, and Garfield died on September 19, 1661 from a 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 fifteeen days

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