In this episode of Half-Arsed History, find out about how the 20th President of the United States, poor old James A. Garfield, got gunned down by an absolute lunatic named Charles Guiteau.
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Image: Rogers, W.A.. The Tragedy at Washington. July 8, 1881. Pencil on paper, colourised. Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Charles Guiteau was ahead of his time, but he’d fit right in with our current presidential situation.
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