In total, four American presidents have been assassinated—Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy—and there have been thirteen other attempted assassinations ...

Garfield Assassination 119 years ago America was in shock. James Garfield became the second sitting President in less than 20 years to die from an assassin's bullet. Ironically, the inventor of ...

But it took Garfield’s assassination to finally get a meaningful bill passed. The Pendleton Act professionalized the civil service. Among other things, the Act required that for some federal ...

Four sitting U.S. presidents have been assassinated. In chronological order, they are Abraham Lincoln in 1865, James Garfield in 1881, William McKinley in 1901 and John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Garfield was shot in the back and shoulder ... President Abraham Lincoln was the first to hold the high office to be assassinated. While watching a play with his wife at Ford's Theatre in ...

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For years, the country remained in the grim shadow cast by the president’s assassination. And then it happened again—and again. In 1881, James Garfield became the second president to be killed ...

Four presidents were assassinated – Abraham Lincoln, James A Garfield, William McKinley and John F Kennedy. Three more, including Trump, were injured in attacks. Before Trump, in March 1981 ...

Garfield was the second president to be assassinated, six months after taking office. He was walking through a train station in Washington on July 2, 1881, to catch a train to New England when he ...

Andrew Garfield was the next president to be assassinated after he was shot July 2, 1881 at the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station in Washington D.C by Charles Guiteau.

Garfield was the second president to be assassinated, six months after taking office. He was walking through a train station in Washington on July 2, 1881, to catch a train to New England when he ...

This April 1865 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, the site of his assassination. (AP Photo/Library of Congress, File) Garfield ...