He is the only president to be inaugurated in office. He took office July 2, 1881.
Chester A. Arthur was the Veep and became president after Garfield died.
Yes, James A. Garfield was assassinated while he was in office.
Garfield was shot and died while he was still the President.
No, Garfield the cat was not named after President Garfield. The comic strip character Garfield was created by Jim Davis in 1978, while President James A. Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States from 1881 until his assassination later that year. There is no direct connection between the two.
Vice President Arthur refused to assume the Presidency while President Garfield was still alive, so Garfield was officially the President until his death on September 19, 1881.
Accomplishment: Civil service reforms
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy.
Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated while in office. None were assassinated -IN- the White House.
James A. Garfield was U.S. President for only about six months because he was killed by a lunatic who shot him in the summer of 1881. Although he was unable to act as President during the last few months of his life, Vice President Chester A. Arthur refused to act as President while Garfield was still alive.
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy.
Garfield did not do anything that was noted as bad while President. Of course he was not president very long. Before he was president he was tied to the Credit Mobilier Scandal but no strong evidence of any wrong-doing by him appeared.
Lyndon Baines Johnson He was sworn in as President while flying from Dallas to Washington after the assassination.