Which president did Charles J. Guiteau assassinate?
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Answer
James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, fell victim to an assassin's bullet fired by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881. Guiteau, a mentally disturbed office seeker, held a grudge against Garfield for not appointing him to a political position. The shooting occurred at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C.
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