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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, 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 |
