Assassinations

President James Garfield Pt. 1: Charles Guiteau

09.09.2019 - By Parcast NetworkPlay

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On the morning of July 2, 1881, President James Garfield entered the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, DC ready to leave for vacation. As he walked through the waiting room, he was suddenly shot in the back by a man angry that he hadn’t received a position in Garfield’s administration, Charles Guiteau.

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