Ohio's 19th congressional district
Ohio's 19th congressional district was created following the 1830 census and was eliminated after the 2000 census. Between 1863 and 1880, it was represented by future US President James A. Garfield, who became the only sitting House member ever to be elected to the Presidency.
Image: Humphrey Howe Leavitt
Image: Henry Swearingen 1792
Image: John Crowell (Ohio) 1882
Image: Edward Wade, Ohio
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death the following September after being shot by an assassin in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before his candidacy for the presidency, he had been elected to the U.S. Senate by the Ohio General Assembly—a position he declined when he became president-elect.
Garfield in 1881
Replica of the log cabin in Moreland Hills, Ohio, where Garfield was born
Garfield at age 16
Lucretia Garfield in the 1870s