Title
James Abram Garfield, 20th President of the United States, c1881. Artist: Unknown
Caption
James Abram Garfield, 20th President of the United States, c1881. Garfield (1831-1881) was the second US president to be assassinated. He was shot and severely wounded at the beginning of July 1881 by a man named Charles Guiteau who was a supporter of the Republican party. Guiteau was eventually executed, but the President lingered for more than two months before eventually dying from his wounds. His term was the second shortest in US history, after William Henry Harrison's.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1881
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19C09_310
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,1Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,7in x 16,6in / 3510 x 4988 (300dpi)