On July 2, 1881, at 9:30 AM, James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., less than four months into his term
President Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau
James A. Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
The .44 British Bulldog revolver that Guiteau used to shoot Garfield
William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his
Assassination of James A. Garfield
…hours of sorrow I have passed in this town." He would again be near a presidential assassination 20 years later, when President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, which Robert was attending. Garfield was carried back to the White House, and doctors told him that he would…
Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a revolver concealed under a rag
Leon Czolgosz, McKinley's assassin
William McKinley (to the left of center, with white shirtfront) delivers his final speech.
The "last posed photograph" of President McKinley, taken in the Government Building on September 5, 1901, the day before his assassination. Left to right: Mrs. John Miller Horton, Chairwoman of the Entertainment Committee of the Woman's Board of Managers; John G. Milburn; Manuel de Azpíroz, the Mexican Ambassador; the president; George B. Cortelyou, the president's secretary; Col. John H. Bingham of the Government Board.