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 * On July 2, 1881 he was shot by a man at a railroad station, then died on September 19, 1881 his first year in office.
 * He was the last president to be born in a log cabin.
 * Garfield's dad died when he was 2 year old, so he had to work to get enough money to go to college.
 * Garfield's home is located in Mentor, Ohio and you can go visit it.
 * Garfield was a Brigadier General in the civil war.