A beautiful early edition of an American presidential library is within easy driving distance for those of us in Portage County and currently admission is free. Lawnfield, the James A. Garfield ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For decades, U.S. coins have featured the visages of the nation's best-known presidents - Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. In November, Ohio's James A ...

Legend: 20TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1881-DIED/ ASSASSINATED/ JAMES A. GARFIELD. Reverse: "TEACHER PRESIDENT"/ "NOT A MAN OF IRON, BUT OF LIVE OAK"/ MAJ. GEN. IN CIVIL WAR CONGRESSMAN/ ASSASSINATED SIX ...

On this day in 1881, Charles Guiteau, a lawyer who had unsuccessfully sought a consular post in Paris, shot President James A. Garfield.

On Sept. 19, 1881, President James Garfield died of wounds inflicted by an assassin on July 2. In 1928 Americans were introduced to Mickey Mouse when Walt Disney`s cartoon, ”Steamboat Willie ...

On Sep. 19, 1881, James Abram Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, died. His final weeks were an agonizing march towards oblivion that began on July 2, ...

Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries building decorated for James Garfield’s inaugural ball, complete with string light garlands and patriotic buntings. Smithsonian Institution Archives Nothing ...

Only a few months into his term as president, James Garfield was shot at a train station in Washington, DC. He survived for several months before finally dying on this day in 1881.

President Garfield Shot on July 2, 1881 Guiteau fired twice, hitting the president in the left shoulder and in the back. By Andrew Glass 07/02/2007 06:01 AM EDT ...