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Garfield Shot

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1881Date range
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Chronological records

1881

James Abram Garfield2 July 1881

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Is shot by Charles Guiteau at a Washington railroad station.

Names involved

James Abram Garfield

Provenance

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