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James A. Garfield

1831 - 1881

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James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his assassination in September that year. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before his candidacy for the presidency, he had been elected to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James A. Garfield has received more than 11,964,778 page views. His biography is available in 123 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 122 in 2019). James A. Garfield is the 937th most popular politician (up from 1,151st in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from United States (up from 354th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Politician.

James A. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States. He was a Republican and served from March 4, 1881, until his death by assassination on September 19, 1881. He was the second of four presidents to be assassinated.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James A. Garfield ranks 937 out of 19,576. Before him are Ottokar II of Bohemia, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Dido, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Sergey Lavrov, and Arnulf of Carinthia. After him are Robert F. Kennedy, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Reuven Rivlin, Gediminas, John the Fearless, and Sigismund I the Old.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, James A. Garfield ranks 5. Before him are James Clerk Maxwell, Frederick III, German Emperor, Helena Blavatsky, and Sitting Bull. After him are Emperor Kōmei, John Stith Pemberton, Xianfeng Emperor, Richard Dedekind, Cheoljong of Joseon, Savitribai Phule, and Leo von Caprivi. Among people deceased in 1881, James A. Garfield ranks 4. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander II of Russia, and Modest Mussorgsky. After him are Benjamin Disraeli, Billy the Kid, Lewis H. Morgan, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Jenny von Westphalen, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Thomas Carlyle, and Auguste Mariette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James A. Garfield ranks 268 out of 20,380. Before him are Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), James Brown (1933), Jesse Owens (1913), and 50 Cent (1975). After him are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Edward Thorndike (1874), Brian Wilson (1942), Robert Duvall (1931), Susan Sarandon (1946), and Leonardo DiCaprio (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James A. Garfield ranks 41. Before him are Herbert Hoover (1874), Sitting Bull (1831), Geronimo (1829), James Madison (1751), Benjamin Harrison (1833), and John Quincy Adams (1767). After him are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), George Marshall (1880), William Howard Taft (1857), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Jerry Brown (1938), and Calvin Coolidge (1872).

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