PRESIDENT JAMES A. GARFIELD

20th President of the United States (March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881) Nickname: "The Preacher President" Born: November 19, 1831, in Orange, Ohio Died: September 19, 1881, in Elberon, New Jersey Father: Abram Garfield Mother: Eliza Ballou Garfield Married: Lucretia Rudolph (1832-1918), on November 11, 1858 Children: Eliza A. Garfield (1860-63); Harry A. Garfield (1863-1942) James R. Garfield (1865-1950); Mary Garfield (1867-1947); Irvin M. Garfield (1870-1951); Abram Garfield (1872-1958); Edward Garfield (1874-76) Religion: Disciples of Christ Education: Attended Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College); Graduated from Williams College (1856) Occupation: Teacher, public official Political Party: Republican Other Government Positions: Member of Ohio State Senate, 1859-61 Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1863-80 Elected to United States Senate, 1880 Presidential Salary: $50,000/year Points of Interest: Garfield was the first left-handed president. James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other. The last of seven presidents born in a log cabin, Garfield weighed 10 pounds at birth. He was the first president to campaign in two languages -- English and German. On election day, November 2, 1880, he was at the same time a member of the House, Senator-elect and President-elect. His mother was the first president's mother to attend her son's inauguration. At the age of twenty-six, Garfield became president of Hiram College. At the time the school only had five faculty memebers. After Garfield's shooting, repeated probing for the bullet with non-sterile instruments resulted in blood poisoning which eventually killed him.

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