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James A. Garfield

Case from Elberon, NJ dated Sep 19, 1881

Victim Details

President James A. Garfield

Male

White / Caucasian

Elberon

NJ

1881-09-19

49

James

A. Garfield

06/20/2026

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On a summer morning, July 2, 1881, James A. Garfield, a 49-year-old White male, was in high spirits. The 20th President of the United States, in office for only four months, was preparing to leave Washington, D.C., for a family vacation. As he walked through the Baltimore and Potomac train station, a disturbed lawyer named Charles J. Guiteau emerged from the crowd and shot him twice in the back with a. 44 caliber revolver. The first bullet grazed his arm, but the second lodged behind his pancrea ...
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