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| 1881 | Assassination |  |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death
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| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense
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| 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
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| 19th Aug President Garfield dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau
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| 1881 | Trial | |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death
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| 1882 | Assassination | |
| Guiteau is executed for the assassination of President Garfield
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| 1882 | Execution | |
| Guiteau is executed for the assassination of President Garfield
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