American Toby Jug Museum 

James Abram Garfield character jug produced by Sebastian Originals of Encino, California, circa 1973. James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September of that year. A 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. On July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington. The wound was not immediately fatal, but an infection caused by his doctors' unsanitary methods in treating the wound killed Garfield on September 19, 1881. Due to his brief tenure in office, historians tend to rank Garfield as a below-average president, though he has earned praise for anti-corruption and pro-civil rights stances.