1. 20 th president Died during first term Mary 4 th grade

2.  Garfield was born in Orange Township Ohio Nov. 19, 1831  He died 1881 March 4 Charles Guiteau shot him  James was elected in 1881 at 50 years old  His Political Party was a Republican  1858 Nov. 11 he married Lucrettia Rudolph

3.  His parents were Abram and Eliza Ballou Garfield. Before James was 2, his father died.  James siblings were Thomas Mehitabel and Mary. James was the youngest of all his siblings.  James was educated he went to Geauga Academy in Chester Ohio. It was 12 miles from his house. At Geauga he studied grammar, mathematics and more

4.  James was married to Lucrettia Rudolph. He had seven children!  Garfield didn’t have any pets, he had a farm. James washed sheep everyday  James was the youngest of his siblings. James parents had four kids, Thomas, Mary and Mehitabel  Before Garfield was two his father died. It was hard, people had to work more around the house

5.  Chester was James vice president. Chester became president after James  Garfield ran against Winfield Scott Hancock. Hancock was a Democrat  Garfield had 214 votes and Hancock had 155 votes. Garfield defeated Hancock by fewer than 10,000 popular votes

6.  During Garfield’s presidency, there were problems with the U.S Post Office.  They were charging more money than their contracts said they could

7.  James led mules that pulled the canal boat. James was called a Hoggee because he pulled the canal boat  Chester became president upon Garfield’s death. Chester was the 21 st president  Garfield died 80 days after the assassination attempt  Garfield got shot in the back. It only took one bullet

8.  www.GrolierOnlinekids.com www.GrolierOnlinekids.com  www.ipl.org/div/potus/ www.ipl.org/div/potus/  James A. Garfield by, Megan M. Gunderson. 2009.