James a Garfeild

MARRID

Sep 29, 1858

MARRIED TO lucretia garfeild

President Garfield is shot in Washington by Charles Julius Guiteau, a deranged, disappointed office seeker.

Feb 7, 1881

when he got shot

Republican James A. Garfield is sworn in as the twentieth President of the United States

Mar 4, 1881

Garfield served in the Union Army and in the House of Representatives before running for President.

Mar 4, 1881

notivactions

Mar 22, 1881

Garfield sends his list of nominations to the Senate, which includes New York senator Conkling's contingent. Conkling will continue to be a source of conflict for the President.

A Democratic filibuster, which ties up the Senate beginning March 23, ends when Garfield agrees to remove certain appointments.

Apr 5, 1881

negitve

Garfield completes his slate of cabinet members, naming James G. Blaine as secretary of state and Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert, as secretary of war

May 3, 1881

positive

garfeileds family

May 27, 1881

had 5 chlidern

how he got shot

Jul 2, 1881

how he got shot by Charles J. Guiteau as he walked through the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station with Secretary of State James Blaine. Wounded after only four months in office, the President died from his wounds on September 19, 1881, and Vice President Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as President.

he died from

Sep 19, 1881

James Garfield dies from blood poisoning and complications after surgeons search endlessly to find the lost bullet in his back, lodged in his pancreas. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes the twenty-first President of the United States The assassin, Guiteau, will be hanged on June 30, 1882.
September 19, 1881