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Each week, we highlight a historic or famous person named James. This week's famous James is:

James Abram Garfield

(born November 19, 1831 - died September 19, 1881) 20th president of the United States. The first left-handed U.S. President, the first President to use a telephone, the last of seven Presidents born in a log cabin, and the only President who had been a preacher. He was a college president, state senator, Civil War general, and U.S. congressman (for 17 years) before becoming U.S. President; he was the only person in U.S. history who was a congressman, senator-elect, and president-elect at the same time. He had been president only four months before he was fatally shot on July 2, 1881; doctors tried to find the bullet with an induction-balance electrical device invented by Alexander Graham Bell, but the metal-detection device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He eventually died of infection and internal hemorrhage; Garfield was the second U.S. President shot and the fourth to die while in office. TRIVIA: Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other.

The name "James" is the English equivalent of Jacob; the first Jacob in the Bible was the patriarch of the 12 tribes of Israel. "James" is consistently among the most popular names for boys in the U.S.

Plural form of James: According to the Carnegie Mellon Style Guide, "Form plurals of family names that end in 's' by adding 'es.'  Right: The Jameses live in Edgewood."  See also StackExchange.com.

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