James A. Garfield

Fast Facts 20th President of the United States Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831 the last of the log cabin Presidents On July 2, 1881, in a Washington railroad station, an embittered attorney shot the President

Accomplishments Garfield is the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to have been elected President Garfield is the only person in U.S. history to be a Representative, Senator-elect, and President-elect at the same time. To date, he is the only Representative to be directly elected President of the United States.

Birthplace of James A. Garfield

Garfield’s large Lawnfield estate

Credits http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesgarfield http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield#Legacy