Garfield died eleven weeks later on September 19 , 1881 , the second of four Presidents to be assassinated , following Abraham Lincoln and preceding William McKinley and John F. Kennedy .
Garfield died eleven weeks later on September 19 , 1881 aged 49 . He was the second of four Presidents to be assassinated , after Abraham Lincoln and the next president to be assassinated would be William McKinley and next John F. Kennedy .