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Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
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Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
Charles Julius Guiteau was an American man who assassinated James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, in 1881. A mentally ill failed lawyer, Guiteau delusionally believed that he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
James A. Garfield
President of the United States in 1881
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot two months earlier. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)