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Charles J. Guiteau.
Charles J. Guiteau, a lawyer and disappointed office-seeker as the assassin of Garfield. Guiteau felt that he was owed an appointment to a federal job and after he was refused , he decided to shoot the President. Guiteau shot Garfield in July but the President lingered on until September when he finally succumbed.His name was Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield did not appoint him to the federal office that he wanted .
Charles J. Guiteau
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Charles Guiteau
The gun was an ivory-handled .44 Webley British Bulldog revolver.
James Garfield was shot and eventually died from the bullets of the lawyer,
James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881 at 9:30 a.m. by Charles J. Guiteau.
He was shot by Charles J. Guiteau with a pistol at a railroad station in Washington.
President Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at 9:30 a.m. on July 2, 1881 in Washington, D.C. Guiteau shot Garfield twice with a .442 caliber Webley British Bulldog revolver, but Garfield lingered for 11 weeks, dying of blood poisoning caused by poor 19th Century medical care on September 19, 1881. Guiteau was unbalanced and believed Garfield should have awarded him an ambassadorship. He was hanged for the murder on June 30, 1882 and a long trial in which he served as his own defense. He argued that he had only shot Garfield but the doctors had killed him.
President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at 9:30 a.m. on July 2, 1881 in Washington, D.C.. Garfield had been in office less than four months. He was the second of four presidents to be assassinated. Guiteau shot Garfield twice with a .442 caliber Webley British Bulldog revolver, but Garfield lingered for 11 weeks, dying of blood poisoning caused by poor 19th Century medical care on September 19, 1881. Guiteau was unbalanced and believed Garfield should have awarded him an ambassadorship. He was hanged for the murder on June 30, 1882.