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President James A. Garfield James A. Garfield

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James A. Garfield


  • First president to be elected to the presidency directly from the House of Representatives.
  • First president to be left-handed or ambidextrous.
  • First president to die before reaching the age of 50.
  • First president to have served as a university president.
  • First president to deliver a campaign speech in a language other than English.
    • First president who was a mathematician (he proved the Pythagorean theorem).