Who Is James Garfield?
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) Was the 20Th President of the United States, Serving from March to September 1881. Garfield Was...
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March to September 1881. Garfield was shot by an assassin four months into his presidency and died two months later.
Who assassinated James Garfield and why?
He died in Elberon, New Jersey, 79 days later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Garfield's assassin was Charles J. Guiteau, whose motive was revenge against Garfield for an imagined political debt, and getting Chester A.
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What number president is Garfield?
James Garfield was elected as the United States' 20th President in 1881, after nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.