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  The Assassination of President James Garfield    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the 2nd U.S. president to be assassinated, James A. Garfield.
Difficult, 10 Qns, AdmiralShark, Sep 22 22
Difficult
AdmiralShark
Sep 22 22
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  James A. Garfield    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on the 20th president of the United States, and second to be assassinated, James A. Garfield.
Difficult, 15 Qns, AdmiralShark, Feb 12 10
Difficult
AdmiralShark
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James A. Garfield Trivia Questions
1. In what state was Charles Guiteau, the president's assassin, born?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: Illinois

Guiteau was born on September 8, 1841 in Freeport, Illinois. He was the youngest of three children of Luther and Jane Guiteau.

2. What was the occupation of Garfield's father, Abram?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: farmer

While Abram Garfield also spent time as a construction supervisor on the Ohio and Erie Canal, farming was his major occupation. He would catch a cold while fighting a forest fire and die shortly after. His son James was only 18 months old when his father died.

3. What caliber handgun did Guiteau use to shoot Garfield?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: .44

Garfield was shot with a .44 British bulldog revolver. Guiteau bought that specific gun because he thought it would look good in a museum.

4. In what day in 1881 was Garfield shot?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: July 2nd

Garfield was shot on Saturday, July 2, 1881 in the Baltimore and Potomac railroad station in Washington D.C.

5. What was the name of the ship that James Garfield served on while he worked on the canals?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Evening Star

Serving on the canal was an interesting career choice since Garfield could not swim and he fell overboard 14 times during that period he worked on the canals.

6. As an expression of thanks for his believed help in the 1880 presidential campaign, what consulship did Guiteau want Garfield to appoint him to?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: Paris

Guiteau wrote a pamplet and made a couple of speeches in support of Garfield becoming president. Because of that, Guiteau felt he was due a post as a U.S. counselor, what is better known as ambassador these days. When Garfield refused to consider him, Guiteau began planning to assassinate the president.

7. What religion did Garfield and his wife Lucretia practice?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Disciples of Christ

Garfield was baptised into the Disciples of Christ in 1850. Even though he and his wife were of the same faith, they were married by a Presbyterian minister in 1858.

8. Who was with President Garfield when he was shot?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: Secretary of State James G. Blaine

Garfield was headed to his alma mater, Williams College, to give the commencement address. Then he was scheduled to begin a two week vacation. Blaine had traveled with Garfield to the train station to see the president off.

9. It is believed that Garfield had a short extramarital affair with a woman in New York City in 1862. What was her last name?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Calhoun

Lucretia forgave her husband for his affair. Letters to Mrs. Calhoun are referred to in Garfield's dairy but since no letters are known to exist today, they are believed to have been destroyed.

10. Who was the policeman that captured Guiteau?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: Patrick Kearney

It wasto Kearney that Guiteau is believed to have made his infamous statement "I am a Stalwart and Arthur is now President".

11. What college did Garfield graduate from in 1856?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Williams

Garfield was the oldest student on campus and was also the school's debating champion.

12. On what day in 1881 did Garfield die?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: September 19th

Garfield was moved from Washington to the seashore town of Elberon, NJ on September 11th, where it was hoped the cooler sea air would aid the president's recovery. The hope would prove unsuccessful and Garfield died on September 19, 1881 at 10:35pm.

13. Who donated his home in Elberon for the president to rest in?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: Charles Francklyn

Francklyn was a Britisher who was living in New York. He offered his twenty room home in Elberon for the president's recovery.

14. In 1863, Garfield resigned from the Union Army to take a seat in the US House of Representatives. What Ohio district did he represent?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: 19th

The Ohio 19th included the cities of Youngstown and Akron.

15. The judge at Guiteau's trial was Walter Cox. Sixteen years earlier, Cox was counsel to which of the conspirators of John Wilkes Booth?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: Michael O'Laughlen

O'Laughlen was involved in Booth's original plan to kidnap President Lincoln. O'Laughlen was sentenced to life in prison for this part in the conspiracy and he died of yellow fever on September 23, 1867 at Fort Jefferson, Florida.

16. Where was the Republican convention of 1880, that nominated Garfield for the presidency, held?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Chicago

Garfield won the Republican nomination on the 36th ballot, defeating former president Ulysses Grant, who was seeking a third term as president.

17. On what day in 1882 was Guiteau executed?

From Quiz The Assassination of President James Garfield

Answer: June 30th

Guiteau was hung at 12:40 pm in the District of Columbia Jail.

18. Who was the Democratic nominee for president of 1880 that opposed Garfield?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Winfield S. Hancock

Tilden was the early favorite to win the nomination but he withdrew his name due to concerns about his health. During the early part of 1880, "Harper's Weekly" portrayed Tilden as an Egyptian sarcophagus because of his age. Hancock, the hero of Gettysburg, was nominated on the second ballot.

19. During Garfield's short time as president, he actually appointed one man to the US Supreme Court. What was that man's name?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Stanley Mathews

Mathews was a Hayes nominee for the high court that the Senate refused to act on. As a courtesy to Hayes, Garfield resubmitted the nomination, which the Senate finally approved by a single vote.

20. On what day of the week was Garfield shot by Charles Guiteau?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Saturday

Garfield was shot in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station in Washington DC on Saturday, July 2, 1881 at around 9:15am.

21. Who was Garfield's attending physician after he was shot?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: D.W. Bliss

While Garfield's last words were "Swaim, can't you stop the pain? Oh, Swaim", Swaim was not a doctor but Garfield's chief-of staff. Bliss was the attending physician. Unfortunately, the accepted medical treatment of the time involved doctors placing their fingers into the wounds and using unsterile instruments. Garfield contracted blood poisoning and died. D.S. Lamb is the man who performed the autopsy on Garfield and Walter Cox was the presiding judge at Guiteau's murder trial.

22. In what city did Garfield eventually die?

From Quiz James A. Garfield

Answer: Elberon, NJ

Garfield was transferred from Washington to Elberon in a hope that the cooler summer climate would help him recover. It did not work and Garfield died in Elberon on September 17, 1881.

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