Garfield, James Abram

O., 1831-1881. The twentieth president of the United States. A statesman of Ohio, prominent as a general in the Federal army during the Civil War, and subsequently as a congre man till his elevation to the presidency. In July, 1881, he was mortally wounded by an a a in, and died in the September following. His Complete Works have been edited by B. A. Hinsdale, infra. See Applet on’s American Biography; Life by J. R. Gilmore, infra, 1880; Eulogy by G. F. Hoar.