On July 2 , 1881 , Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington D.C. by Charles J. Guiteau , a disappointed office seeker . The wound was not immediately fatal for Garfield , but he succumbed on September 19 , 1881 . Guiteau was executed for the murder of Garfield in June 1882 . Some historians choose to forgo listing Garfield in rankings of U.S. presidents because of the short duration of his presidency
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Assassination of James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield