James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his death by assassination six and a half months later. He is the only sitting member of the United States House of Representatives to be elected to the presidency.Garfield entered politics as a Republican in 1857. James's father Abram had been born in Worcester, New York, and came to Ohio to woo his childhood sweetheart, Mehitabel Ballou, only to find her married. He instead wed her sister Eliza, who had been born in New Hampshire. James was named for an older brother who died in infancy.In early 1833, Abram and Eliza Garfield joined the Church of Christ, a decision that shaped their youngest son's life. At Williams, he had become more politically aware in the school's intensely anti-slavery atmosphere, and began to consider politics as a career.
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