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James A. Garfield
(1831–1881) was the 20th
president of the United States
, serving from March to September 1881. On July 2, 1881, four months into his presidency,
Garfield was shot
at the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station
in Washington, D.C., by
Charles J. Guiteau
, a disappointed and delusional office seeker. Garfield died two months later from
infections caused by his doctors
. He remains the only sitting member of the
United States House of Representatives
to be elected to the presidency.
Photograph credit: unknown; restored by
PawełMM
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