At my school at the end of 5th grade you had to write a three-page essay on a president of your choice. but once a student had picked one, you had to pick a different one than one already chosen, I was last, and Garfield was the man I chose.(the other kids picked the more well known like Washington and Lincoln) I thought myself unlucky at the time, but after reading through this man's history and the assassination and the different attempts to save his life that are still ingrained in my head to this day, I'm very proud that I chose him to do my essay on, and certainly wish more children would be taught about this (mostly) unrecognized president.
Great Post & Story Ziggy. President Garfield was an extraordinary person with a very interesting story that does go mostly unnoticed; Probably Due to his short bid in office and the many years ago it occurred. I can however tell you, That the children here in N.E. Ohio was indeed taught about James Garfield and what he accomplished. He definitely was emphasized to us school kids & the teachers made it a priority for us to learn about him. Garfield grew up and lived in the Mentor Ohio area. "Which was about 45 minutes away for us". Our elementary schools took an annual field trip to his house/museum and it was common practice to write down what we learned. I would say President Garfield is definitely an Icon and Important figure in this area anyways.
I've always been fascinated by Garfield. next to Harrison, was the shortest lived presidency, and was assassinated for the stupidest reasons. rejection
I learned about Garfield only recently, and what an extraordinary person he was. If his presidency hadn't been cut short, perhaps he'd be regarded today as one of the great U.S. presidents.
One Question: If Garfield wasn't murdered in office, would the Pendleton Civil Service Reform act of 1883 be created? Edit: Hussein Savey, here is several reasons why he could have been great. - He wasn't anywhere near corruptable and against the spoils system at the time where people could get goverment jobs without be examened and some are considered incompetent or corrupt. - He had a Pan-American confrence planned for all leaders of American nation to meet in Washington in 1882. on the subject of trade. - He supported civil rights and edjucation. - He supported political civil service reforms. In other words, he could have had a handfull of great accomplishments. Also Edit: Excuse my numerous typos.
Interesting side note about Robert Lincoln. It seems that while waiting for a train he fell off the platform and onto the tracks as the train was coming into the station. Luckily, he was pulled back onto the platform before the train got there. What was ironic was that the man that helped him was Edwin Boothe, actor and brother of John Wilkes Boothe.
True story....although the date is unknown, it happened in late 1864 or early 1865, months before his father's assassination. Edwin is considered by many to be one of, if not the greatest American actor of all-time.
No anesthesia, no antibiotics, no painkillers, no antiseptics, and he had to suffer through a blistering hot and humid Washington summer with pus-filled infections caused by his doctors poking and prodding at his wounds with their dirty hands. Poor guy. I hope he went straight to Heaven when he passed.
When I was a young girl in elementary school, we had had to pick a president to do a report on. I got in trouble for choosing "Garfield". Apparently even the teacher didn't remember this president, and as a kid I didn't yet know this president's first name. The teacher thought I was talking about Garfield the Cat and I got in trouble for not taking the assignment seriously. Somehow another teacher got involved and told mine that there was in fact a US President named Garfield. My punishment got dropped but I still wasn't allowed to write a report on Garfield, the teacher really didn't want to be wrong. Now I think about it, I really didn't have the best history teacher did I?
James Garfield lived about 45 minutes from my hometown in Ohio. My dad took me to his house when i was younger as it is now a museum. I remember the tour lady stating that the assassin tried to argue that the doctors killed Garfield and he just injured him.
Nevertheless they hung him anyways as his argument was moot. If he doesn't injury Garfield, Then he doesn't have to go through those gruesome surgeries and experience the medical malpractice that occured. The pain and suffering Gairfield endured was enough in my mind to hang the accused assassin.
Fun Fact: To this day, no one has been able to locate the gun that was used in the assassination. A .44 British Bulldog Revolver. It was photographed and later put on display at the Smithsonian, where it remained until the early 20th century -- only to go missing sometime later. And it has never been seen since...
@@donthaveaname1086 I doubt it. He'd be far too old by now. He'd have to be a vampire or something. But even then, he wouldn't have been out in broad daylight -- at a time when the shooting actually occurred.
"Ignorance is Bliss" - now we see where that infamous term comes from! As for President Garfield, he was a very bright and well-educated man: he graduated from Williams College with high honors. He married one of his former students and they had 7 children. His presidential library is the first such library established.
After he was shot, Garfield’s attacker shouted:“I am a stalwart. Arthur is president now,” which was the last name of Garfield’s vice president. Many believed that Arthur was involved in the attack somehow, because Arthur was a stalwart republican. Stalwarts believed in giving out jobs based on party loyalty, unlike Garfield, a moderate republican. Guito obviously thought he would be given a job by Arthur.
“Oh Mildred! Yes…after you’re done inserting those gardening fingers of yours in to the president’s wounds, won’t you fetch me another glass of brandy?”
Even taking to account standard practice at the time, that’s still no excuse for Bliss not using anesthesia, which WAS common at the time and would’ve prevented Garfield’s unnecessary pain. Then when Bell came, Bliss ignored his vital instructions to remove the bed box spring and only allowed to use the metal detector in the wrong side, causing Bell to receive media backlash because of Bliss’ fault. No wonder why many then saw him as guilty of malpractice EVEN back then…
"This man has been shot! Quick, use that termite-infested board to lift him onto that dumpster in the back alley! Also, get me my rusty tool box, stat!"
James Garfield died at the Jersey Shore....Elberon, next to Long Branch. The Franklyn House where he lay toward the end of his life was razed in 1920 but an Historic marker was placed at the spot, and he is memorialized as one of the Seven Presidents of the Oceanfront Park there and with a granite statue.
I read her book about Garfield, the assassin and Alexander Graham Bell. In the book the author stated that the British believed in germs but 90% of American doctors didn't. If Garfield was shot in London he would have survived. O It really was tragic because Garfield (in my opinion) was shaping up to be a good President.
The Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, OH (near Cleveland) is excellent. The tours through Garfield’s house are personal, educational, and inspiring. Highly recommended.
Man, it really sucks in how much Garfield seemed like a good man. While I do feel Arthur is an underrated president, Garfield really seemed to have something, and the country was made worse by his death
Robert Todd Lincoln only actually witnessed Garfield’s. He was at the same event as McKinleys but did not witness and he was not at fords theater he went to the house after the shooting
Robert Lincoln had just returned from his army service and was relaxing with buddies in the White House. Somebody had to knock on the door and tell him, your father has been shot. He rushed to the Petersen House across from Ford's. Mrs. Lincoln snapped out of her mind with grief but Robert tried to hold himself together. Traumatic.
No, before late 1800s there were no standards to be a doctor in the US. No licenses, no medical training, not standards for healthcare. Modern docs have a battery of tests and 7+ years of training depending on specialty, especially for dealing with gunshots.
They did not mention how Garfiel's wife had a rigged up cooling system to deal with the sweltering heat. It was one of the first "air conditioning" systems. (I don't recall the specifics but just remembered this particular "footnotes.)
It is ridiculous how little protection Garfield had that some idiot could walk right up to him and shoot him. For me this is the crux of the issue in his shooting.
How about, the most accessible Cabinet member in the Kennedy White House was Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara, who usually showed up for work at the Pentagon half an hour before the workday started. So _no wonder he was the most accessible._
Fun Fact:President Garfield introduced an alternative proof of the Pythagorean theorem,where you prove it using algebra.In that sense,he was not only a politician but also a mathematician.
I have never heard the claim that Garfield was going to Massachusetts they day he was shot. I've always heard he was going to the Jersey shore to see his wife who was there to recuperate.
That "Charles Get out" name was savage. Love it! I do feel bad for Garfield though. He was a smart man surrounded by ignorant people. That's what really killed him.
James Garfield was only in for 90 days and then he gets himself assassinated. Chester Arthur finished his term and told Rosco Conkling he can not be bought. Conkling paid Charles Guiteau to do the job and later disavowed him when he found out he was insane. Guiteau carried out his mission he assassinated the president and became the most wanted man in America. Seconds after the president was shot Secret Service pounced on him and Guiteau was arrested and as they dragged him out she shouted "I did it Garfield is dead arrest me if you want. I am a stalwart of the stalwarts and Chester Arthur is now the president!" Garfield lived for a few days and died on September 19th Chester Arthur was sworn in at the moment of death and told Conkling he can not be bought.
Wow. People are shaming him just because Guiteau's related to him. People just feel like they have to disgrace people based on the stupidest factors ever. Just leave this person alone.
Exactly. Not his fault whatsoever. Nothing to be ashamed of for he did nothing wrong. Just as Robert Oswald and David Kaczynski have nothing to be ashamed of. They shouldn't be looked down upon because a relative of theirs was disturbed and became a murderer.
Poor Garfield. I bet he would have been a great President. I wish no US president would have died. The one that I will miss the most is Kennedy though. He was a great guy.
I have Ms. Millard's book saved in my Want To Read list on GoodReads. Based on what I watched here and the ratings on there, it has got to be a must-read! Can't wait!
This is the only time you could say googling your symptoms was better than trusting your doctor. I'm surprised they didn't try getting him hopped up on cocaine.
How terribly tragic, that he died unnecessarily as he did. We will never know what contributions he could have made to our nation during a fragile time in our history. President Garfield, I pray that you are at eternal peace in the loving presence of our Heavenly Father. Amen.
Perhaps the same could be said of our first president George Washington. Although he was not shot, the treatment he received at the hands of the woefully incomplete doctors for his severe throat infection contributed greatly to his demise after first suffering terribly. A simple tracheotomy, a procedure quite new in 1799. could have probably saved the president but none of physicians attending Washington wanted to try it due to its risks and the fact also that none of them wanted to be remembered in history as the physician who caused the death of the father of his country. Unfortunately, all of them collectively contributed to his death.
Ironic. He was brilliant, and the stupidity of others killed him.
Isn’t that always the case ?
Pretty much sums it for all murderers
The arrogance of man will be our undoing.
I beleive he is the only President to have a published mathmatical formula
@@itsnodawayitustabe5654 He was also the only ambidextrous president.
At my school at the end of 5th grade you had to write a three-page essay on a president of your choice. but once a student had picked one, you had to pick a different one than one already chosen, I was last, and Garfield was the man I chose.(the other kids picked the more well known like Washington and Lincoln)
I thought myself unlucky at the time, but after reading through this man's history and the assassination and the different attempts to save his life that are still ingrained in my head to this day, I'm very proud that I chose him to do my essay on, and certainly wish more children would be taught about this (mostly) unrecognized president.
Great Post & Story Ziggy.
President Garfield was an extraordinary person with a very interesting story that does go mostly unnoticed; Probably Due to his short bid in office and the many years ago it occurred.
I can however tell you, That the children here in N.E. Ohio was indeed taught about James Garfield and what he accomplished.
He definitely was emphasized to us school kids & the teachers made it a priority for us to learn about him.
Garfield grew up and lived in the Mentor Ohio area. "Which was about 45 minutes away for us".
Our elementary schools took an annual field trip to his house/museum and it was common practice to write down what we learned.
I would say President Garfield is definitely an Icon and Important figure in this area anyways.
Wow I had that exact situation happen with me in fifth grade too. I also got Garfield
Wow was we in the same class? I also did it. And I chose McKinley cuz everyone picked the other ones.
In 7th grade we did the same thing, except we had to randomly pick. And I got Theodore Roosevelt.
@Ramond’s Enchantment lol you got the worst president
never trust a doctor named doctor.
Except the Doctor
especially if their last name is Krieger lol.
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I've always been fascinated by Garfield.
next to Harrison, was the shortest lived presidency, and was assassinated for the stupidest reasons.
rejection
facts
bruh why are u commenting on youtube bro ur supposed to be dead
@@Nintendo_fan_1998 which is why in his post he said "the shortest lived, next to Harrison". Comprehension of reading.....
I live near Garfield's house and have been there.
@@forestman0136 How's Odie?
I learned about Garfield only recently, and what an extraordinary person he was. If his presidency hadn't been cut short, perhaps he'd be regarded today as one of the great U.S. presidents.
thanks
James A. Garfield it’s a ghost!
I'm from Pakistan. Can anybody tell me why he would've been so great?
One Question: If Garfield wasn't murdered in office, would the Pendleton Civil Service Reform act of 1883 be created?
Edit: Hussein Savey, here is several reasons why he could have been great.
- He wasn't anywhere near corruptable and against the spoils system at the time where people could get goverment jobs without be examened and some are considered incompetent or corrupt.
- He had a Pan-American confrence planned for all leaders of American nation to meet in Washington in 1882. on the subject of trade.
- He supported civil rights and edjucation.
- He supported political civil service reforms.
In other words, he could have had a handfull of great accomplishments.
Also Edit: Excuse my numerous typos.
@@matthewgreene3318 thanx man
Garfield survived the assassination, but his doctor killed him
@Brendan ODonnell: Inadvertently
Doctors*
That’s what his assassin, Charles Guiteau, said in his defense at his trial. Didn’t work though. He was executed in 1882.
Thank God for modern medicine!
Imagine going to college, and after your first year, they want you to teach.
@Nathaniel12345678910 is his name james a garfield?
What new now days
@@mrdunngoofd James Abram Garfield if you want the whole name
Garfield was one smart man.
Robert Todd Lincoln witnessed three presidential deaths (Lincoln, McKinley and Garfield) that's crazy
Almost like he knew they were all going to happen. He's not slick.
@@kingburtonhd3396 perhaps
@John Coletti McKinley was the last assassinated of the bunch.
If he just lived longer he would have saw jfk get shot
Dude is a hex
So did this create the phrase, "Ignorance is Bliss?"
best comment ever😂
yes
@@jasonraczkowski6001 really?
@@luiscastanon6031 No probably not lmao
I wondered that too.
i think a Garfield presidency would have been great
That is why they were all killed except JF Kennedy who may have been killed for being too soft
Arthur did try some reforms in his legacy
For sure he was very libertarian. He would've been great
No way to tell. He was clearly surrounded by people not on the same intelligence level as him.
@@ShawnathanOakley He knew that though.
Gives a whole new meaning to "ignorance is Bliss".
Interesting side note about Robert Lincoln. It seems that while waiting for a train he fell off the platform and onto the tracks as the train was coming into the station. Luckily, he was pulled back onto the platform before the train got there. What was ironic was that the man that helped him was Edwin Boothe, actor and brother of John Wilkes Boothe.
True story....although the date is unknown, it happened in late 1864 or early 1865, months before his father's assassination. Edwin is considered by many to be one of, if not the greatest American actor of all-time.
@@jasonruckman191 Robert was a student at Harvard, on vacation at that time. He graduated in 1864.
Small world
Pictures or it didn’t happen.
@@sergiorubens8475Big facts 💯
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Hahhaha one of the best comments I have ever come across
GARFIELD!!!!!
"Swaimp, can't you stop the pain?" were the last words of Garfield.
Gosh can't imagine the pain and agony that this man had to went through.
I believe you are correct.
And for 80 days without proper medical care.
It’s actually “swaim, can’t you stop the pain? Oh swaim. Swaim swaim”
No anesthesia, no antibiotics, no painkillers, no antiseptics, and he had to suffer through a blistering hot and humid Washington summer with pus-filled infections caused by his doctors poking and prodding at his wounds with their dirty hands.
Poor guy. I hope he went straight to Heaven when he passed.
Doctors also killed Washington. Good ole fashion doctors, those silly fellas.
Let me guess... You're an anti vaxer
@@hoenn4ever829 not exactly, of all 3 Doctors two of them were using the method of blood-letting, which somehow worsened his condition
@@tobytawaqal3678 “Somehow”
makes you wonder how many not historically significant people died due to blood-letting back in the day
I'm very glad that we have all since improved our knowledge of how that works, except for anti vaxers apparently
When I was a young girl in elementary school, we had had to pick a president to do a report on. I got in trouble for choosing "Garfield". Apparently even the teacher didn't remember this president, and as a kid I didn't yet know this president's first name. The teacher thought I was talking about Garfield the Cat and I got in trouble for not taking the assignment seriously. Somehow another teacher got involved and told mine that there was in fact a US President named Garfield. My punishment got dropped but I still wasn't allowed to write a report on Garfield, the teacher really didn't want to be wrong.
Now I think about it, I really didn't have the best history teacher did I?
That's ok., we have a lot of air head teachers these days. Bunch of well paid crybabies.
@@oldblackstock2499 Well paid? They are paid abysmally low. No wonder you got such a bad teacher.
Sounds like this Dr. Bliss, an arrogant narcissist.
@@oldblackstock2499 if it makes you feel any better they’re not well paid
Not even close. Our teacher had us name every President in order.
James Garfield lived about 45 minutes from my hometown in Ohio. My dad took me to his house when i was younger as it is now a museum. I remember the tour lady stating that the assassin tried to argue that the doctors killed Garfield and he just injured him.
Nevertheless they hung him anyways as his argument was moot. If he doesn't injury Garfield, Then he doesn't have to go through those gruesome surgeries and experience the medical malpractice that occured. The pain and suffering Gairfield endured was enough in my mind to hang the accused assassin.
Fun Fact: To this day, no one has been able to locate the gun that was used in the assassination. A .44 British Bulldog Revolver. It was photographed and later put on display at the Smithsonian, where it remained until the early 20th century -- only to go missing sometime later. And it has never been seen since...
Isn't that interesting
It was me😭
@@Chuked Whatever... 😂😂😂
@@unspeakableexperiments7699 he’s not kidding tho, that’s the funny part. It really was his doing.
@@donthaveaname1086 I doubt it. He'd be far too old by now. He'd have to be a vampire or something. But even then, he wouldn't have been out in broad daylight -- at a time when the shooting actually occurred.
This has to be the worst luck in medical history.
Not even close. Let’s not forget that bloodletting was once considered standard medical practice.
One of the most underrated presidents of all time.
"Didn't believe in Anti-Septics."
And some idiots in this country, want to drag us back to those times.... 🤦🏻♂️
“Your dentist’s name is ‘Crentist?’”
RIP James A. Garfield
"Ignorance is Bliss" - now we see where that infamous term comes from!
As for President Garfield, he was a very bright and well-educated man: he graduated from Williams College with high honors. He married one of his former students and they had 7 children. His presidential library is the first such library established.
This was a great video. Thank you to Mo, the interviewees, the editors, and everybody else who helped put this together!
I think that's Beautiful that he once was a janitor once before becoming President.
He understands everyone of all classes. He’s been in their shoes.
So basically it wasn't the bullet that killed him it was the doctors
Guiteau even argued that in his trial. It didn't work out.
His death was just a myriad of tragedies all the way around how sad.......
Who names their kid Doctor? Man, he must have been teased a lot as a kid...
Also, glad we believe in germs and sterilization now.
Preston Siegler his father was definitely a doctor who like most doctors want their children to be doctors as well
It was so strange as in Britain at the same time, the medical community fully understood the danger of infections and the importance of sterilisation.
As a kid he was nicknamed "Quack".
After he was shot, Garfield’s attacker shouted:“I am a stalwart. Arthur is president now,” which was the last name of Garfield’s vice president. Many believed that Arthur was involved in the attack somehow, because Arthur was a stalwart republican. Stalwarts believed in giving out jobs based on party loyalty, unlike Garfield, a moderate republican. Guito obviously thought he would be given a job by Arthur.
I am guessing that Garfield's IQ was off the charts.
R.I.P. My homie J Garfield
He survived the Assassination but not the doctor's stupidity
The lesson here is don't hang around Robert Todd Lincoln if you're president.
If Robert Todd Lincoln had lived long enough, he probably would have found himself in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
He would have been 120 years old that’s a world record
@@linkheroofspiritsakatrains4812 The headline would be "Oldest Living Man Key In JFK Death"
true
Sad story but one that deserves to be remembered.
He could have been one of our greatest presidents, but the jealously and stupidity of others caused the death of a truly good man.
5:02 I love how everyone else standing up and tense and Chester Arthur is just sitting there chill.
simonster -909 He's like: "Soon!"
He's just Waiting to take office...
“Oh Mildred! Yes…after you’re done inserting those gardening fingers of yours in to the president’s wounds, won’t you fetch me another glass of brandy?”
This woman talking is beautiful and smart! 😀
I don't think she's smart but she's a super-hot jewess.
I think she's gorgeous, sexy,and very intelligent!!! I'm glad I'm not the only seeing a beautiful brunette speaking of a president.
@@pinetree1616 how do you know she's Jewish, not that it matters?
Yea
Yall are simpin asf
how sad...😕
very.
He even died while getting help from his friend Daniel Swaim saying "Oh Swaim, can you make this pain go away?" was his final words
Oh, I've learned so much! :D I have many possible topics for my speech class.
Extraordinary man. I do salute you Mr President.
Makes people wonder how different the nation would have been if Garfield lived out his term
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Even taking to account standard practice at the time, that’s still no excuse for Bliss not using anesthesia, which WAS common at the time and would’ve prevented Garfield’s unnecessary pain. Then when Bell came, Bliss ignored his vital instructions to remove the bed box spring and only allowed to use the metal detector in the wrong side, causing Bell to receive media backlash because of Bliss’ fault. No wonder why many then saw him as guilty of malpractice EVEN back then…
I agree.... there is something extremely strange about this.
Excellent historical presentation, great detail in such a short video.
I just got my James A. Garfield bobblehead...
~RIP James A. Garfield~
"This man has been shot! Quick, use that termite-infested board to lift him onto that dumpster in the back alley! Also, get me my rusty tool box, stat!"
And take an xray on a metal plate so you won't be able to find the bullet.
Lincoln's doctors also probed into the head wound with dirty fingers.
Mallards kind of hot
She is. And she's almost fifty. Hard to believe
Dan Maltby srsly?!
nah , i dislike female historians . call me sexist but idgf
More than kind of hot
Dan Maltby have some respect sir this is history
James Garfield died at the Jersey Shore....Elberon, next to Long Branch. The Franklyn House where he lay toward the end of his life was razed in 1920 but an Historic marker was placed at the spot, and he is memorialized as one of the Seven Presidents of the Oceanfront Park there and with a granite statue.
I like how even the shooter was like “yea the doctors could’ve done a better job”.
Millard's love of this man spread to ME
I read her book about Garfield, the assassin and Alexander Graham Bell. In the book the author stated that the British believed in germs but 90% of American doctors didn't. If Garfield was shot in London he would have survived. O It really was tragic because Garfield (in my opinion) was shaping up to be a good President.
Is this from where we get the phrase “ignorance is bliss”.....?
I feel really bad for him. He was condemned to a slow and painful death because of the incompetence of the people he trusted to save him.
The Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, OH (near Cleveland) is excellent. The tours through Garfield’s house are personal, educational, and inspiring. Highly recommended.
my great great great grandpa was born 1899 died 2011
Good for you?
Papa Cardamoney lololol💀💀😅
.............. What does that have to do with the video though?
Impossible
LIES!!!! That's impossible
YES HE WAS A GREAT MAN PEOPLE NEED TO STUDY HIS HISTORY
Man, it really sucks in how much Garfield seemed like a good man. While I do feel Arthur is an underrated president, Garfield really seemed to have something, and the country was made worse by his death
I must disagree. Listen to the end of the video.
It heals the wound between the North and South after the Civil War.
Robert Todd Lincoln only actually witnessed Garfield’s. He was at the same event as McKinleys but did not witness and he was not at fords theater he went to the house after the shooting
Robert Lincoln had just returned from his army service and was relaxing with buddies in the White House. Somebody had to knock on the door and tell him, your father has been shot. He rushed to the Petersen House across from Ford's. Mrs. Lincoln snapped out of her mind with grief but Robert tried to hold himself together. Traumatic.
I learned a very valuable lesson today
Never trust your doctor if you get shot
No, before late 1800s there were no standards to be a doctor in the US. No licenses, no medical training, not standards for healthcare. Modern docs have a battery of tests and 7+ years of training depending on specialty, especially for dealing with gunshots.
An apple a day...
Charles Guiteau was right about the doctors killing Garfield
It's like no one has ever heard of James Garfield.. sad
So......people with no skill, talent, ability, or experience could get a government position? What a strange and unusual time!
LOL Said with sarcasm, I presume.😂
He definitely would have survived this today
Garfield was a superstar and Candice Millard is one of the hottest historians in the field 😀🤯
What
Simp
@@jediknight9129 fellas, are you a simp if you're attracted to women?
This comment is super simpin
@@thenavigator2559 ye
They did not mention how Garfiel's wife had a rigged up cooling system to deal with the sweltering heat. It was one of the first "air conditioning" systems. (I don't recall the specifics but just remembered this particular "footnotes.)
It is ridiculous how little protection Garfield had that some idiot could walk right up to him and shoot him. For me this is the crux of the issue in his shooting.
How about, the most accessible Cabinet member in the Kennedy White House was Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara, who usually showed up for work at the Pentagon half an hour before the workday started. So _no wonder he was the most accessible._
Fun Fact:President Garfield introduced an alternative proof of the Pythagorean theorem,where you prove it using algebra.In that sense,he was not only a politician but also a mathematician.
I have never heard the claim that Garfield was going to Massachusetts they day he was shot. I've always heard he was going to the Jersey shore to see his wife who was there to recuperate.
Not true. He was going to his Williams College class reunion.
just cause you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there
its sad they tore down the Station where he was shot.
I know right
I was wondering if that station still existed....thanks for the info. Shame.
"I hate mondays,it's what i do best"
Its amazing how far medicine has come.
Utterly fascinating!!
God bless. Mercy on all of us. Thanks.
That "Charles Get out" name was savage. Love it! I do feel bad for Garfield though. He was a smart man surrounded by ignorant people. That's what really killed him.
He suffered so much 😯
James Garfield was only in for 90 days and then he gets himself assassinated. Chester Arthur finished his term and told Rosco Conkling he can not be bought. Conkling paid Charles Guiteau to do the job and later disavowed him when he found out he was insane. Guiteau carried out his mission he assassinated the president and became the most wanted man in America. Seconds after the president was shot Secret Service pounced on him and Guiteau was arrested and as they dragged him out she shouted "I did it Garfield is dead arrest me if you want. I am a stalwart of the stalwarts and Chester Arthur is now the president!" Garfield lived for a few days and died on September 19th Chester Arthur was sworn in at the moment of death and told Conkling he can not be bought.
I'm so glad that people today fully embrace science, and no one dies unnecessary deaths anymore. Wouldn't that be tragic.
Those doctors really messed me up, didn’t they?
Is this where the saying "ignorance is bliss" come from? your thoughts UA-cam...
i think so......
"Ignorance is bliss" is a phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
Rest In Heavenly Peace Sir.
If he had survived I have no doubt in my mind he would have been remembered today as one of the greatest us presidents in history. Same with McKinley
Charles Guiteau was my great-grandmother's cousin, or my cousin three times removed.
Jonathan Merrill you must be ashamed
more like u should be ashamed . if this is true !
My Grandfather 5 generations back is Chief William McIntosh. Also an interesting historical figure.
Wow. People are shaming him just because Guiteau's related to him. People just feel like they have to disgrace people based on the stupidest factors ever. Just leave this person alone.
Exactly. Not his fault whatsoever. Nothing to be ashamed of for he did nothing wrong. Just as Robert Oswald and David Kaczynski have nothing to be ashamed of. They shouldn't be looked down upon because a relative of theirs was disturbed and became a murderer.
Poor Garfield. I bet he would have been a great President. I wish no US president would have died. The one that I will miss the most is Kennedy though. He was a great guy.
I have Ms. Millard's book saved in my Want To Read list on GoodReads. Based on what I watched here and the ratings on there, it has got to be a must-read! Can't wait!
Some things never change.
Garfield was amazing Grace period
He would have been one of the greatest presidents if he didn’t die
Excellent Information, CooL,
This is the only time you could say googling your symptoms was better than trusting your doctor.
I'm surprised they didn't try getting him hopped up on cocaine.
Garfield did a proof for the Pythagorean theorem
Ow.
How terribly tragic, that he died unnecessarily as he did. We will never know what contributions he could have made to our nation during a fragile time in our history.
President Garfield, I pray that you are at eternal peace in the loving presence of our Heavenly Father.
Amen.
Too bad. A CT scan and a good surgeon and he would have been just fine. Life in the 1880s certainly had it's limitations
Even an X-ray, which would have been available just a few decades later.
Life expectancy was short back then
President Garfield died on a Monday.
What a uniquely beautiful woman.
She's a hot jewess, like Naomi Wolf. The Talmud says lots of nasty stuff.
Perhaps the same could be said of our first president George Washington. Although he was not shot, the treatment he received at the hands of the woefully incomplete doctors for his severe throat infection contributed greatly to his demise after first suffering terribly. A simple tracheotomy, a procedure quite new in 1799. could have probably saved the president but none of physicians attending Washington wanted to try it due to its risks and the fact also that none of them wanted to be remembered in history as the physician who caused the death of the father of his country. Unfortunately, all of them collectively contributed to his death.
Candace has an enormous crush on Garfield.
you can tell