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The assassination of President James Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau shocked the nation.
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Fact 1: James Garfield (1831 - 1881) was the second of four
Presidents of the United States who have been
assassinated. The names of the other assassinated
presidents were Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), William
McKinley (1843 - 1901) and John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
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Fact 2: When was he shot? The President was shot on July 2, 1881
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Fact 3: When did the President die? The President was a strong
and determined man who fought hard for his life but he
died on September 19, 1881, eleven weeks after being
shot
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Fact 4: Where did the assassination take place? The President
was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station
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Fact 5: What was the name of the assassin? Charles Julius
Guiteau (September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882)
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Fact 6: Who was Charles J. Guiteau? Charles J. Guiteau was a
lawyer and a preacher and had been a supporter of James
Garfield.
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Fact 7: Charles J. Guiteau had been a keen supporter during the
Presidential campaign. He had written two speeches which
the future president had used during his campaign.
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Fact 8:
Following the election of
the president, Charles J. Guiteau insisted that the
President should make him ambassador to France. This
type of request was not unusual as the infamous
Spoils System
was in
place, a patronage system which allowed the president to
appoint party to friends to government offices.
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Fact 9: The president refused the
demands of Charles J. Guiteau who had a grossly inflated
ego and a history of mental problems, possibly
schizophrenia.
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Fact 10: Charles J. Guiteau was
furious and his bitter reaction led to thoughts of
revenge. The twisted and unstable mind of Guiteau
rationalized the chain of events as an act of God and
believed that the murder of the president was a "Divine
command".
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Fact 11: Guiteau started making his plans to
kill the president. He first needed to purchase a gun -
he was not used to guns and knew that he would have to
undertake some firearm practice.
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Fact 12: He borrowed $15 to buy the gun. He
had a choice between a .44 Webley British Bulldog
revolver with a wooden handle or a similar gun but with
a silver handle.
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Fact 13: He was obsessed with becoming famous
and chose the gun with the silver inlay because he
wanted it to look good in a museum after the event.
(During his trial, he said that it was worth the extra
dollar).
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Fact 14: He stalked the president and
discovered his travel plans for taking a vacation to
Massachusetts by rail from the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Station on July 2, 1881.
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Fact 15: Charles J. Guiteau lay in wait and
the president accompanied by Secretary of State James G.
Blaine arrived at the train station and were making
there way through the crowds as the assassin approached
them from behind.
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Fact 16: Charles J. Guiteau raised his gun and
fired - the first shot grazed and stunned the President.
Guiteau then fired a second shot that lodged deep into
his back.
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Fact 17: Charles J. Guiteau was immediately
arrested and taken to jail. The injured president was
taken a room upstairs above the depot attended by Dr.
Willard Bliss, Surgeon General of the Army and was later
transported to the White House.
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Fact 18: The President did not die until 11
weeks after being shot. Inept doctors probed his wound
with unwashed, dirty fingers whilst trying to locate the
bullet. The bullet was never found. (The first X-ray
machine was not invented until November 8, 1895 by
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen). The president's entire body was
riddled with infection (septic poisoning) and he was in
agony.
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Fact 19: The young inventor, Alexander Graham
Bell, devised a metal detector to find the bullet, but
the device's signal was distorted by the metal bed
springs.
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Fact 20: The bullet was never found and
eventually his death was due to blood poisoning. He died
on September 19, 1881 at 10:30 p.m.
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Fact 21: Charles J. Guiteau was sent to trial
and was found guilty of murder on January 23, 1882. He
was sentenced to death by hanging on June 30, 1882.
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