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James Garfield: Twentieth president of the United States for six months in 1881

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James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States serving for a few months in 1881. He was another soldier for the Union in the American Civil War, and was able to defeat the Democrats despite the controversial results of the 1876 election that angered Democrats. However, just four months after becoming president, he was shot in the back at a train station. In September 1881, he died, though many believe he died because of his doctors, and that he could have survived.

Birth

Garfield was born on November 19, 1831 in Moreland Hills, Ohio.

Death

Garfield died on September 19, 1881 in Elberon, New Jersey.

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