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President Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by
Charles J. Guiteau[1][2] Location Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′31″N 77°01′13″W﻿ /
﻿38.89194°N 77.02028°W﻿ / 38.89194; -77.02028Coordinates:
38°53′31″N 77°01′13″W﻿ / ﻿38.89194°N 77.02028°W﻿ / 38.89194;
-77.02028 Date July 2, 1881 9:30 am (Eastern Time) Target James
A. Garfield Attack type Weapon(s) Bulldog Revolver Deaths 1
(Garfield) Non-fatal injuries Perpetrators Charles J. Guiteau
The assassination of President James A. Garfield took place in
Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881, at the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Station. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at
9:30 am, less than four months into Garfield's term as the 20th
President of the United States. Garfield died eleven weeks later
on September 19, 1881, the second o