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James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July.
On July 2, 1881, Pres. James A. Garfield was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau, a mentally unstable lawyer and aspiring politician who believed that he had played a key role in Garfield’s election.
In the late 19th Century, James Garfield promised progress and reform – but four months after his inauguration he was shot. New series Death by Lightning explores his life and legacy.
Netflix’s Death by Lightning retells the story of James A. Garfield, the 20th U.S. President whose 1881 assassination changed America forever.
The Real Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’ and the Shocking Assassination of President James A. Garfield The new limited series dramatizes the brief tenure of the 20th commander in ...
Who was the real James Garfield, ‘the man from Ohio’ and doomed president of Death by Lightning? The 20th President of the United States had the potential to be one of the greats, according to many – until his assassi...
James Garfield was elected as the United States’ 20th President in 1881, after nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. His Presidency was impactful, but cut short after 200 days when he was assassinated.
As the last of the log cabin presidents, James A. Garfield attacked political corruption and won back for the presidency a measure of prestige it had lost during the Reconstruction period.
James Garfield (1831-81) was sworn in as the 20th U.S. president in March 1881 and died in September of that same year from an assassin’s bullet, making his tenure in office the second-shortest...
James A. Garfield is remembered as one of the four "lost Presidents" who served rather uneventfully after the Civil War. Of the four lost Presidents—Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and Harrison—Garfield is best remembered fo...
