Charles J. Guiteau of "I am Going to the Lordy" in the musical's song "The Ballad of Guiteau". In the "American Dad!" episode "Garfield and Friends", Hayley Smith uses Guiteau's DNA to revive him. She uses him like a bloodhound to track down a revived Garfield. Actor Will Janowitz plays Guiteau in the PBS documentary American Experience: Murder of a President. Notes Further reading Charles J. Guiteau Charles Julius Guiteau (; September 8, 1841June 30, 1882) was an American writer and lawyer who was convicted of the assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States. Guiteau falsely believed he
Charles J. Guiteau lined up every day to see them in person were continually rejected, as were his numerous letters. By the early days of Garfield's administration, Guiteau was living in Washington, D.C., destitute and forced to sneak from rooming house to rooming house without paying for his lodging and meals, and to walk around the cold, snowy city in a threadbare suit, without a coat, hat or boots. He spent his days in hotel lobbies reading discarded newspapers to keep track of the schedules of Garfield and his cabinet and making use of the hotels' complimentary stationery to write them letters pressing