He served in the US Congress for nine terms before he was elected President.
James Garfield is the only President to have served as a preacher. He preached for two years before becoming a lawyer.
Before James A. Garfield was U. S. President, he was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Ohio.
Yes he was.
Garfield taught l in high school and college and served a a college president. He studied law and became a lawyer before he ran for office. He served in Congress before he was President.
kennedy
I have read somewhere that Obama's dream before becoming President was to be a bank manager.
The office of president is a hard one and it takes a man or woman who has the experience in life, education, and can think critically. A younger person doesn't have the life experience.
Truman
Arthur was Vice-President under James Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881.
the president that got shot after 5 months is James A. Garfield
George W. Bush, Jr. was Governor of Texas before becoming President of the United States.
Jimmy Carter was in the peanut business, before becoming President.