BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:James Garfield shot UID:2009-01-20-00-26-03-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=7;BYMONTHDAY=2 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260702 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260703 DTSTAMP:20260624T122835 CATEGORIES:Presidential Events LOCATION:Washington\, D.C. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

President James A. Garfi eld was shot on July 2, 1881, in Washington, D.C., by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled office seeker. Garfield had been president for only a few mo nths when he was attacked at a train station. Although he survived the ini tial shooting, poor medical treatment led to infections that worsened his condition. After suffering for over two months, Garfield died on September 19, 1881. His assassination highlighted the need for civil service reform , which helped lead to the Pendleton Civil Service Act.

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DESCRIPTION:President James A. Garfield was shot on July 2\, 1881\, in Wash ington\, D.C.\, by Charles J. Guiteau\, a disgruntled office seeker. Garfi eld had been president for only a few months when he was attacked at a tra in station. Although he survived the initial shooting\, poor medical treat ment led to infections that worsened his condition. After suffering for ov er two months\, Garfield died on September 19\, 1881. His assassination hi ghlighted the need for civil service reform\, which helped lead to the Pen dleton Civil Service Act.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6530-james-ga rfield-shot?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR