James Garfield // #20

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Written By Heather Rogers, presidential doodler

  • Was a terrifically crappy husband at first, but cleaned up his act

  • My favorite of all the presidents named James

  • Taught classical languages, math, history, and geology

  • Came up with a proof for the Pythagorean Theorem

  • Didn’t want to be president, but loved working from home

  • Killed by his germy doctors after he was shot

 

If you haven’t read it yet, you have to check out Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, by Candice Millard. Of all the presidential biographies I’ve read, it’s one of my favorites.

Heather Rogers, presidential doodler

I’ve read at least one book about every U.S. president, never tire of shoehorning presidential trivia into conversations, and am basically an expert at hiding mistakes in my sketchbooks.

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