Because he had failed to receive a patronage appointment.
because the chicken crossed the street
Charles J. Guiteau.
James A. Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881 at 9:30 a.m. by Charles J. Guiteau.
The second President to be assassinated was James A. Garfield in July ,1881, by Charles Julius Guiteau.
James A. Garfield
No, Charles Garfield was not assassinated. He is an American psychologist, author, and lecturer known for his work on peak performance and accomplishing goals.
President James Garfield was assassinated by a rejected Federal office seeker
President James Garfield was assassinated in 1881 by Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield was shot twice at a railway station in Washington D.C. and died from his wounds several months later.
Guiteau is the man who assassinated President James A. Garfield.
That describes Charles Guiteau, who shot President James Garfield.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Charle Guiteau assassinated James Garfield. Leon Czolgosz assassinated William McKinley. Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated John Kennedy.
because Charles Guiteau was an insane looney. He was mad at the president for not giving him a higher rank. Charles thought that he helped Garfield win the election of 1880.
Charles Julius Guiteau was an American lawyer who assassinated U.S. President James A. Garfield. In the related links box below, I posted the wikipedia article.