James Garfield

James Abram Garfield

• Born November 19, 1831 in Orange, OH USA
• Died September 19, 1881 in Long Branch, NJ USA

James Garfield was 20th President of the United States.

Garfield's son Jimmy was a baseball fan. Garfield, who was assassinated less than a year after his inauguration, is buried at the same cemetery as Ray Chapman.

John Durham, born in 1881, was given the birth name James Garfield Durham.

Preceded by Rutherford Hayes

United States President 1881 - 1881

Succeeded by Chester Arthur