JAMES A GARFIELD 1831 1881 TWENTIETH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GARFIELD JAMES A 1831 1881 U.S CONSTITUTION U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS JAMES GARFIELD JAMES GARFIELD WAS BORN NEAR ORANGE OHIO HE WORKED AS A FARMWORKER TEACHER LAY PREACHER AND LAWYER IN 1859 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE OHIO SENATE DURING THE CIVIL WAR HE LED A VOLUNTEER REGIMENT AS A COLONEL AND FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH AN IMPORTANT UNION VICTORY FROM 1863 TO 1880 HE SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1880 HE WAS BRIEFLY ELECTED TO THE SENATE LATER THAT SAME YEAR HE WON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION AND WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT ONLY FOUR MONTHS AFTER HIS INAUGURATION HOWEVER CHARLES GUITEAU SHOT GARFIELD IN A RAILROAD STATION IN WASHINGTON D.C GARFIELD DIED IN SEPTEMBER
