It is not the same question but I don't know who ran againist him.
Yes. Garfield won the Election of 1880.
Chester Arthur never won a presidential election. He was elected vice-president in 1880 as James Garfield's running mate. President James Garfield was shot July 2, 1881 and died September 19, 1881. Chester Arthur succeeded James Garfield as president upon the latter's assassination.
James Garfield
James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States.
There can be only one winner of each U. S. Presidential election. The winner of the Election of 1880 was James Abram Garfield.
James A. Garfield
what led james a garfield running for president
No, James Garfield was assassinated.
Everyone who runs in the election gets votes and the person who gets the most votes wins and gets to be president.
James Garfield was inaugurated as President on March 4, 1881.
James Garfield was the 20th president of the United States of America.
James A. Garfield is the only U.S. President who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives at the time of his election. (17 other Presidents served in the U.S. House of Representatives at some time before their election, and one other President, John Quincy Adams, became a House member after his presidency.)