Charles J. Guiteau

Assassanation
Charles J. Guiteau assassanated 20th President James Garfield on July 22nd, 1881. After shooting Garfield, he was put on trial, were his lawyers tried to plead not guilty for reason of insanity, but Guiteau said he was perfectly sane during the assassanation. Guiteau was hanged. So many people arrived at his execution, tickets were sold. Garfield died 79 days after getting shot, and many belive he wouldn't have died if the doctors didn't inject there dirty fingers in the bullet wound.

Motive
Back then, Presidential canidates promised people that gave speeches in favor of them govermental positions. Guiteau made one bad speech that about 2 people listen too, so when Garfield was elected, he stalked Garfield and head of state James G. Blaine. When Garfield kept dening him his govermental position, he shot Garfield.