Politics and the Gilded Age
Politics and the Gilded Age
Politics and the Gilded Age
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Garfield <strong>and</strong> Arthur• Garfield’s assassination– Charles J. Guiteau shot Garfield in back at arailroad station in Washington• Disappointed office-seeker, <strong>and</strong> insane, who shouted “Iam a Stalwart. Arthur is now President”– Garfield lived for 11 weeks before dying(September 19, 1881)– Guiteau argued he was innocent because ofinsanity; found guilty <strong>and</strong> hanged