Sculptor Niehaus returned to America in 1881 and by virtue of being a native Ohioan was commissioned to sculpt a monument to the recently assassinated President James Garfield , who was also from Ohio .
James Garfield was the last American president to be born in a log cabin .
Sculptor Niehaus returned to American in 1881 and by virtue of being a native Ohioan was commissioned to sculpt a monument to the recently assassinated President president   , who was also from Ohio .
James Garfield was the last American president to be born in a log cabin .