A failed missionary, insurance salesman, and lawyer named Charles Guiteau shot President James A. Garfield as he entered the Baltimore and Potomac Railway station in Washington, D.C., on the morning of July 2, 1881. Listen to the full episode to learn why Guiteau shot Garfield and why Garfield didn't die until months later.
Source Materials:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oneida-Community
https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-A-Garfield/Presidency#ref796757
https://www.salon.com/2022/09/11/this-was-shot-in-the-back-but-the-doctors-are-the-ones-him/
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/fall/guiteau
https://allthatsinteresting.com/charles-guiteau
https://famous-trials.com/guiteau/2197-home
http://touringohio.com/profiles/guiteau.html
