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Assassination of Garfield Garfield, James Abram | |
2nd July Potomac Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris , shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept |
2nd July Potomac Garfield's assassination is instrumental to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act on January 16, World for the year 1883">1883 |
2nd July Potomac Guiteau says, "I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts! I did it and I want to be arrested! Arthur is President now," |
2nd July Potomac One bullet grazes his arm, a 2nd bullet lodged in his back & could not be found despite Alexander Graham Bell devising a metal detector |
Assassination of Garfield Guiteau, Charles | |
Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense |
Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death |
2nd July Potomac Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris , shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept |
19th Aug President Garfield dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau |
Burial of Garfield, James Abram Garfield, James Abram | |
Lakeview Cemetery Garfield is buried, with great and solemn ceremony, in a mausoleum in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio |
Death of Garfield, James Abram Garfield, James Abram | |
19th Sep Elberon Death of James Abram Garfield, dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau |
Government Hayes, Rutherford Birchard | |
1st Mar All the USAstates ratify the Articles of Confederarion |
Inauguration of Garfield Garfield, James Abram | |
Washington Inaugurated as President |
Oath Arthur, Chester Alan | |
20th Sep Takes the oath the day after Garfield's death |
President Arthur, Chester Alan | |
Washington Appointed President of the USA, 21st President |
Secretary War USA Lincoln Lincoln, Robert Todd | |
Washington Appointed Secretary of War |
Speech Arthur Arthur, Chester Alan | |
2nd July Washington Exclaims, "I am a stalwart of the stalwarts..Arthur is president now" |
Trial of Garfield Guiteau, Charles | |
Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death |
Vice President Arthur, Chester Alan | |
Appointed Vice President of the USA |