James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with
the other.
A book published in 1940 contained 370 proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, including one by Garfield.
Garfield was the second president shot in office. Doctors tried to find the bullet with a metal detector invented by Alexander Graham Bell. But the device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He died on September 19, 1881.
Garfield was our first left-handed president.
He was the first president to campaign in more than one language.
Garfield was the last of seven presidents to be born in a log cabin.
Garfield juggled clubs to build his muscles.
He was named after his older brother James, who died in infancy, and his father, Abram Garfield.
Garfield was the only president to have been a preacher.