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Williams » Special Collections » Timeline » 19th-century » July 2nd, 1881

July 2nd, 1881

James A. Garfield, Class of 1856 and 20th President of the U.S., is shot by a disgruntled office seeker in a Washington, D.C., railroad station.

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