President James A. Garfield was assassinated in 1881. He was shot twice at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, July 2, 1881. The gunner was Charles J. Guiteau, who shot Garfiled as he was arriving at the station. The president died 79 days later. He had spent only four months in office when the criminal attempt was made.
