What is James A. Garfield?
{{Infobox_officeholder | name = James A. Garfield | nationality = American | image = Jgarfield.jpeg | caption = Portrait by Calvin Curtis | order = 20th [[President of the United States]] | term_start = March 4, 1881 | term_end = September 19, 1881 | predecessor = [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] | successor = [[Chester A. Arthur]] | state2 = [[Ohio]] | district2 = [[Ohio's 19th congressional district|19th]] | term_start2 = March 4, 1863 | term_end2 = March 4, 1881 | predecessor2 = [[Albert G. Riddle|Albert Riddle]] | successor2 = [[Ezra B. Taylor|Ezra Taylor]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1831|11|19}} | birth_place = [[Moreland Hills, Ohio]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1881|9|19|1831|11|19}} | death_place = [[Long Branch, New Jersey|Elberon (Long Branch), New Jersey]] | spouse = [[Lucretia Garfield|Lucretia Rudolph Garfield]] | party = [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | vicepresident = [[Chester A. Arthur]] }} '''James Abram Garfield''' (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th [[president of the United States]] from March 1881 until his assassination in September 1881.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-election-of-President-James-Garfield-of-Ohio/|publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]]|title=The election of President James Garfield of Ohio|access-date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504200455/https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-election-of-President-James-Garfield-of-Ohio/|url-status=live}}</ref> Before he became president, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1881. He was the second president to be [[Assassination|assassinated]] (killed while in office). Four months into his presidency, on July 2, he w