This oil on canvas portrait of President James A. Garfield was painted by Calvin Curtis in 1881.

This oil on canvas portrait of President James A. Garfield was painted by Calvin Curtis. Prior to being president, Garfield served as a major general in the Union Army during the Civil War and subsequently represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 20 years. He was shot four months into his first term as President in 1881 and died three months later.