The Life and Public Career of Gen. James A. Garfield, President of the United States. The Record of a Wonderful Career Which, like That of Abraham Lincoln, by Native Energy and Untiring Industry, Led Its Hero from Obscurity to the Foremost Position in th…

681 pp. James A. Garfield, in full James Abram Garfield, (born November 19, 1831, near Orange [in Cuyahoga county], Ohio, U.S.—died September 19, 1881, Elberon [now in Long Branch], New Jersey), 20th president of the United States (March 4–September 19, 1881), who had the second shortest tenure in U.S. presidential history. When he was shot and incapacitated, serious constitutional questions arose concerning who should properly perform the functions of the presidency. - Britannica