PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1831


James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)

Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4,
1881 until his assassination later that year. He had served nine terms in the
House of Representatives, and had been elected to the Senate before his
candidacy for the White House, though he declined the senator ship once
he was president-elect. He is the only sitting House member to be elected
president.


The James Garfield Monument – Lake View Cemetery, Ohio.

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