James A. Garfield

== Term ==
* 20th President of the United States
* March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881 (49)
* Republican
* Preceded by Rutherford B. Hayes
* Succeeded by Chester A. Arthur
* Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee
* March 4, 1871 - March 4, 1875 (39-43)
* Preceded by Henry L. Dawes
* Succeeded by Samuel J. Randall
* Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
* March 4, 1863 - November 8, 1880 (31-48)
* Preceded by Albert G. Riddle
* Succeeded by Ezra B. Taylor
* Member of the Ohio State Senate
* January 2, 1860 - August 21, 1861 (28-29)
* Preceded by George P. Ashmun
* Succeeded by Lucius V. Bierce
== Life Data ==
* James Abram Garfield
* Born November 19, 1831
* in Moreland Hills, Ohio
* Education: Williams College (BA 1856)
* Occupation: Lawyer, Educator, Mathematician, Politician
* Died September 19, 1881 (49 years)
* in Elberon, New Jersey
== Military Service ==
Major General	United States Union Army	1861-63
== Parents ==
Father	Abram Garfield 	December 29, 1799 	May 8, 1833 (33 years) 	February 3, 1820 - May 8, 1833 (13 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Ballou	September 21, 1801	January 21, 1888 (86 years)	February 3, 1820 - May 8, 1833 (13 years)
== Siblings ==
1.	Mehitable Garfield 	January 28, 1821	June 6, 1911 (90 years) 	m.1837 Stephen Trowbridge (1818-93)	4 children
2.	Thomas Garfield 	October 16, 1822	April 12, 1910 (87 years) 	m.1849 Mary Harper (1828-1900) 	2 children
3.	Mary Garfield 	October 19, 1824	November 2, 1884 (60 years)	m.1845 Marenus Larabee (1820-1913) 	6 children
4.	James Ballou Garfield	October 31, 1826	October 31, 1826 	January 28, 1829 (2 years) 	January 28, 1829 (2 years)
== Paternal Grandparents ==
Paternal Grandfather	Thomas Garfield 	March 19, 1773	March 1, 1801 (27 years) 	1794 - March 1, 1801 (6-7 years)
Paternal Grandmother	Asenath Cynthia Hill	1778 	February 5, 1851 (72-73 years)	4 children
== Maternal Grandparents ==
Maternal Grandfather	James Ballou IV 	April 25, 1761	April 30, 1808 (47 years) 	November 5, 1786 - April 30, 1808 (21 years)
Maternal Grandmother	Mehitable Ingalls	July 21, 1764 	December 4, 1821 (57 years)	9 children
== Marriage ==
Wife 	Lucretia Rudolph
Birth 	April 19, 1832
Father 	Zebulon Rudolph (1803-97)
Mother 	Arabella Greene Mason (1810-79)
Marriage	November 11, 1858 - September 19, 1881 (22 years)
Death 	March 14, 1918 (85 years)
== Child 1 ==
Eliza Arabella Garfield	July 3, 1860	December 1, 1863 (3 years)
== Child 2 ==
Harry Augustus Garfield	October 11, 1863 	December 12, 1942 (79 years) 	m.1888 Belle Hartford Mason (1864-1944)
Child 1 	James (1889-1976) 	m.1923 Edith Townsend (1899-1980)	4 children
Child 2 	Mason (1892-1945) 	m.1916 Harriet Pew (1894-1979) 	2 children
Child 3 	Lucretia (1894-1968)	m.1925 John Comer (1888-1976) 	3 children
Child 4 	Stanton (1895-1979) 	m.1922 Lucy Hodges (1900-87) 	3 children
== Child 3 ==
James Rudolph Garfield	October 17, 1865 	March 24, 1950 (84 years) 	m.1890 Helen Hills Newell (1867-1930)
Child 1 	John (1892-1931) 	m.1916 Janet Dodge (1889-1959) 	5 children
Child 2 	James (1894-1969) 	
# m.1917 Edwina Glenn (1895-1986)
# m.1933 Margaret Maxwell (1905-85)	
# 2 children
Child 3 	Newell (1895-1975) 	m.1922 Mary Wyatt (1899-1983) 	3 children
Child 4 	Rudolph (1899-1946)	m.1925 Eleanor Borton (1899-1994)	3 children
== Child 4 ==
Mary Garfield	January 16, 1867 	December 30, 1947 (80 years) 	m.1888 Joseph Stanley Brown (1858-1941)
Child 1 	Rudolph (1889-1944) 	m.1922 Katherine Oliver (1892-1972)	3 children
Child 2 	Ruth (1892-1981) 	m.1922 Herbert Feis (1893-1972) 	m.1922 Herbert Feis (1893-1972)
Child 3 	Margaret (1895-1958)	m.1950 Max Sellers (1896-1983) 	m.1950 Max Sellers (1896-1983)
== Child 5 ==
Irvin McDowell Garfield	August 3, 1870 	July 19, 1951 (80 years) 	m.1906 Susan Emmons (1878-1956)
Child 1 	Eleanor (1908-2002)	Eleanor (1908-2002) 	Eleanor (1908-2002)
Child 2 	Jane (1910-2004) 	
# m.1942 Charles Cheever (1911-86)
# m.1989 Francis Cheever (1909-97)	
# 3 children
Child 3 	Irvin (1913-85) 	m.1938 Elinor Fay (1914-2009)	6 children
== Child 6 ==
Abram Garfield 	November 21, 1872 	October 16, 1958 (85 years) 	October 16, 1958 (85 years)
m.1897 Sarah Granger Williams (1873-1945)	m.1897 Sarah Granger Williams (1873-1945)	m.1897 Sarah Granger Williams (1873-1945)	m.1897 Sarah Granger Williams (1873-1945)
Child 1 	Edward (1899-1979) 	m.1928 Hope Dillingham (1905-77) 	3 children
Child 2 	Mary (1903-91) 	m.1931 William Hallaran (1904-91) 	4 children
m.1947 Helen Grannis Matthews (1902-58) 	m.1947 Helen Grannis Matthews (1902-58) 	m.1947 Helen Grannis Matthews (1902-58) 	m.1947 Helen Grannis Matthews (1902-58)
== Child 7 ==
Edward Garfield	December 26, 1874	October 25, 1876 (1 year)
== Vice President ==
Chester A. Arthur	1829-86	1881	New York
== Presidential Cabinet ==
Secretary of State 	
# William M. Evarts
# James G. Blaine	
# 1818-1901
# 1830-93	
# 1881
# 1881	
# New York
# Maine
Secretary of the Treasury	William Windom 	1827-91 	1881	Minnesota
Secretary of War 	Robert Todd Lincoln	1843-1926	1881	Illinois
Attorney General 	Wayne MacVeagh 	1833-1917	1881	Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Navy 	William H. Hunt 	1823-84 	1881	Louisiana
Postmaster General 	Thomas Lemuel James	1831-1916	1881	New York
Secretary of the Interior	
# Carl Schurz
# Samuel J. Kirkwood	
# 1829-1906
# 1813-94	
# 1881
# 1881	
# Missouri
# Iowa
== Chief Justice ==
7.	Morrison Waite	1816-88	1874-88 (14 years)	Connecticut
== Associate Justices ==
1.	Nathan Clifford 	1803-81 	1858-81 (23 years) 	Maine
2.	Samuel Freeman Miller	1816-90 	1862-90 (28 years) 	Iowa
3.	Stephen Johnson Field	1816-99 	1863-97 (34 years) 	California
4.	Joseph P. Bradley 	1813-92 	1870-92 (22 years) 	New Jersey
5.	Ward Hunt 	1810-86 	1873-82 (9 years) 	New York
6.	John Marshall Harlan 	1833-1911	1877-1911 (34 years)	Kentucky
7.	William Burnham Woods	1824-87 	1881-87 (6 years) 	Ohio
8.	Stanley Matthews 	1824-89 	1881-89 (8 years) 	Ohio