James A. Garfield (1831-1881)
Major-General James Abram Garfield, 20th President of the United States (1881)
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He was preceded in the Presidency by Rutherford B. Hayes, but after serving just six months for the Republican Party, he was assassinated in 1881 and succeeded by his Vice-President, Chester A. Arthur. In 1858, he married Lucretia Rudolph and they had seven children of whom all but the eldest and youngest lived to adulthood.
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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 31/08/2022 and last updated on 04/09/2022.