James Abram Garfield (19 ga Nuwamba, 1831 - 19 ga Satumba, 1881) shi ne Shugaban Amurka na 20 (1881) kuma Shugaba na 2 da aka kashe (aka kashe shi yana kan mulki). Shugaba Garfield ya kasance a ofis daga Maris zuwa Satumba na 1881. Ya kasance a ofis na tsawon watanni shida da kwanaki goma sha biyar. Kusan rabin wannan lokacin yana kwance sakamakon yunƙurin kashe shi. An harbe shi a ranar 2 ga Yuli kuma daga ƙarshe ya mutu a watan Satumba na shekarar da ya hau mulki. An haifi Garfield a garin Orange Township, yanzu Moreland Hills, Ohio . Mahaifinsa ya mutu a 1833, lokacin da James Abram yana ɗan watanni 18. Ya girma mahaifiyarsa da kawunsa suna kula da shi. A cikin garin Orange, Garfield ya halarci makaranta, wanda ya gabaci Makarantun Orange City. Daga 1851 zuwa 1854, ya halarci Kwalejin Yammacin Turai (wanda daga baya aka sa masa suna Hiram College) a Hiram, Ohio . Daga nan ya wuce zuwa Kwalejin Williams da ke Williamstown, Massachusetts, inda ya kasance ɗan'uwan Delta Upsilon.