 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge musangano chaiwo weCongress wasimudzwa, Sherman akadzokera kumusha kuMansfield. Akataura achimiririra nhamburiko yaGavhuna weOhio Charles Foster nokuda kwetemu yechipiri uye akaenda kuKenyon College neaimbova Mutungamiri Hayes, uko akagamuchira dhigirii rokuremekedza. Sherman akanga achitarisira kugara nomudzimai wake pamusha kwenguva yakareba kwenguva yokutanga mumakore, apo mashoko akasvika kuti Garfield akanga apfurwamuWashington. Muurayi wacho, Charles J. Guiteau, akanga ari muiti webasa anopenga uyo aidavira kuti mutsivi waGarfield aizomugadza kubasa rokutsigira. Garfield akafa pashure pemwedzi inoverengeka, uye Arthur akava purezidhendi. Pashure pokupedza shanyo yakarongwa kwenguva refu kuYellowstone National Park nedzimwe nzvimbo dzokuMadokero nomunununa wake William, Sherman akadzokera kumusangano wechipiri chaiwo weCongress muna October 1881. 