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Revision as of 09:24, June 18, 2008
| James Garfield | |
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| 20th President of the United States | |
| Term of office March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881 | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Vice President | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Chester A. Arthur |
| Born | November 19, 1831 Moreland Hills, Ohio |
| Died | September 19, 1881 Elberon, New Jersey |
| Spouse | Lucretia Rudolph Garfield |
| Religion | Church of Christ |
James Garfield (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.[1]
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.[2] He served as President for six months and fifteeen days
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