James A. Garfield

Origins
James A. Garfield was born in Orange, under very irregular circumstances. Due to these, he was born without a right arm, and was bullied for this constantly throughout his childhood. This made him hate the idea of lucking into positions, which he thought was present in the idea of presidents giving their friends political positions. He decided to run for president, and due to Rutherford B. Hayes dropping out, he won by default. Ironic, I know.

Presidency
James A. Garfield was assassinated during his acceptance speech when he said he wanted to remove the Spoils System.