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Q: Why did Charles J. Guiteau shoot President Garfield?
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Who killed James Garfield?

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 .


What president was assassinated by an office seeker?

James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was shot by Charles Guiteau, a frustrated would-be diplomat, on Saturday, July 2, 1881, less than four months after Garfield took office. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on Friday, September 19, 1881. Guiteau thought he deserved an appointment as ambassador to France and when refused ,he made such a nuisance of himself at the White House that eventually he was told not to come back again. He then decided to shoot the President.


Who was the first president to be assassinated?

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. The other threes presidents to be assassinated were Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy,The first assassination attempt was against Andrew Jackson, the ninth US President and he was lucky that the assassin's guns both misfired. Ronald Reagan was the only president to be wounded in an assassination attempt and survive.


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What is a reason a President could be removed from his job?

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