Charles Guiteau2 July 1881
Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris, shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept
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Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris, shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept
President Garfield dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau
Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death. Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense
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