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Assassination of Garfield
History of USA
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| | 1881 | Garfield, James Abram | |
2nd July Potomac 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 |
| 2nd July Potomac Garfield's assassination is instrumental to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act on January 16, 1883 |
| 2nd July Potomac Guiteau says, "I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts! I did it and I want to be arrested! Arthur is President now," |
| 2nd July Potomac One bullet grazes his arm, a 2nd bullet lodged in his back & could not be found despite Alexander Graham Bell devising a metal detector |
| 1881 | Guiteau, Charles | |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death |
| 2nd July Potomac 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 |
| 19th Aug President Garfield dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau |
| 1882 | Guiteau, Charles | |
| Guiteau is executed for the assassination of President Garfield |
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