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{{Infobox_President
|name=James Abram Garfield
|nationality=American
|image=James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated.jpg
|order=20th [[President of the United States]]
|term_start=[[March 4]], [[1881]]
|term_end=[[September 31]], [[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 3]], [[1881]]
|predecessor2 = [[Albert G. Riddle]]
|successor2 = [[Ezra B. Taylor]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1831|11|19|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[[Moreland Hills, Ohio]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1881|09|19|1831|11|19}} 
|death_place=[[Elberon, New Jersey|Elberon (Long Branch), New Jersey]]
|spouse=[[Lucretia Garfield|Lucretia Rudolph Garfield]]
|occupation=[[Lawyer]], [[Education|Educator]], [[Minister (Christianity)|Minister]]
|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|vicepresident=[[Chester A. Arthur]]
|religion=[[Disciples of Christ]]
|alma_mater =[[Williams College]]
|signature=James Garfield Signature.png
|}}
'''James Abram Garfield''' ([[November 19]], [[1831]]–[[September 19]], [[1881]]) was the twentieth [[President of the United States]]. He had also served as a major general in the [[United States Army]], and as a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. Garfield was the second U.S. President to be [[assassination|assassinated]] &mdash; [[Abraham Lincoln]] was the first. Garfield had the second shortest presidency in U.S. history, after [[William Henry Harrison]]'s. In office for six months and fifteen days, President Garfield, a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], served for less than four months before being shot and fatally wounded on [[July 2]], [[1881]]. He is the only member of the House of Representatives to have been in office when elected President.