Abolitionists from Ohio

James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot 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 he ran for president, the Ohio General Assembly had elected him to the U.S. Senate, a position he declined upon becoming president-elect.

American politician (1796-1859)

First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881

American politician (1792-1857)

American writer (1808-1884)

former Methodist pastor and colonel in the United States Volunteers

American politician (1815–1900)

American abolitionist (1803–1895)

American politician (1829–1897)

American politician (1795–1864)

American Quaker abolitionist (1789-1839)

American politician (1801–1880)

American writer and activist

American physician, journalist, abolitionist (1807-1859)

American politician (1822-1882)

American rebel (1834-1859)

American musician, guitar pedagogue (1819-1887)