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The Assassination of James A. Garfield

Can you guess these facts about the assassination of President James A. Garfield?
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Last updated: November 11, 2025
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City where Garfield was shot
Washington D.C.
And specifically at this building
Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Station
Year that it took place
1881
Mentally ill gunman who assassinated Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Utopian religious society the gunman was shunned from
Oneida Community
The assassin privately _______ed for Garfield, feeling betrayed after not
earning a government position
Campaign
Secretary of War who was present when Garfield was shot
(his father had also been assassinated)
Robert Todd Lincoln
Inventor who was invited to help locate the bullet in Garfield's body
Alexander Graham Bell
Doctor who used his fingers and metal probes to find the bullet
Doctor Willard Bliss
Number of weeks Garfield lived before dying of infection
11
Form of execution for the assassin
Hanging
Garfield's vice president who took office after his death
Chester A. Arthur
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