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More On This Day. being shot by Charles Guiteau. On This Day: President Garfield Shot. On July 2, 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died 11 weeks later due to his doctorsâ unsanitary efforts to remove the bullet. Charles Guiteau Shoots President Garfield. Charles Guiteau was a disturbed and likely mentally ill man who became interested in politics in 1880.
The Spoils System was criticized for decades, but what led to reforming it was a tragedy in the summer of 1881, the shooting of President James Garfield by a disappointed and deranged office-seeker. Garfield died on September 19, 1881, 11 weeks after being shot by Charles Guiteau at a Washington, D.C. train station.he Spoils System was the name given to the practice of hiring and firing federal workers when presidential administrations changed in the 19th century.