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Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at 9:30 a.m., less than four months into his term as the nation's 20th president. He died 11 weeks later on September 19, 1881, at the age of 49. Vice President Chester A. Arthur succeeded him as president. Garfield was scheduled to leave Washington on July 2, 1881, for his summer vacation. [39]
James A. Garfield. On July 2, 1881, James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., resulting in his death in Elberon, New Jersey, two and a half months later on September 19, 1881.
1 year, 129 days after 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868) 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes (died January 17, 1893) 11 years, 120 days after 20th president James A. Garfield (died September 19, 1881) 6 years, 60 days after 21st president Chester A. Arthur (died November 18, 1886) 22nd & 24th president Grover Cleveland (died June ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
Republicans then nominated Arthur for vice president to balance the ticket geographically and to placate Stalwarts disappointed by Grant's defeat. Garfield and Arthur won the 1880 presidential election and took office in March 1881. Four months into his term, Garfield was shot by an assassin; he died 11 weeks later, and Arthur assumed the ...
Garfield was shot in July 1881 by Charles Guiteau at a Washington DC train station, after the president refused to appoint him to a diplomatic post. Garfield died from his injuries several months ...
The pair were married on January 6, 1759, and were married for 40 years before the first US president died in December 1799. ... James A. and Lucretia Garfield: 9 inches.
[5] [2] The Garfield-Arthur ticket won the 1880 presidential election, but after taking office, Garfield clashed with Conkling over appointments and other issues. Arthur's continued loyalty to Conkling marginalized him within the Garfield administration [ 6 ] and, after the Senate went into recess in May 1881, Arthur returned to his home state ...