Charles J. Guiteau the killer of Garfield

Charles J. Guiteau is most well known for killing President James A. Garfield
== Early years ==
Charles and his family lived in Wisconsin until Charles' mother died in 1855 of Postpartum Pyschosis, he and his father then moved back to Charles' birth place of Illinois.
== Oneida ==
Charles tried to get into the University of Michigan in 1860, but he failed. He then decided to join the Oneida community in New York, but left when they called him "Charles Gitout". Charles next started a newspaper called "The Daily Theocrat, " but it failed due to unpopularly. 
== Lawyer years ==
Charles became a lawyer but was mainly a tax collector where he met his wife Annie Bunn. He started a campaign in 1872 for Horace Greeley and thought if he did he would become "Minister of Chile" but failed when Ulysses S. Grant won. He later divorced his wife and wrote a plagiarized book called "The Truth" in 1879, his father later died in 1880.https://famous-trials.com/guiteau/2185-guiteauchrono His faith grew when he survived a boat accident believed it to be a sign.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau 
== Garfield and assassination ==
Guiteau later became a stalwart Republican and wrote a speech praising Ulysses S. Grant. However, when it looked like James A. Garfield was winning he rewrote it promoting him. Garfield soon won and Guiteau started writing and asking for a job until secretary of State James Blaine shouted "Never speak to me again on the Paris consulship as long as you live!". Guiteau soon bought an ivory grip .442 Webley British Bulldog revolver and ambushed and shot Garfield at the Potomac Station. He was charged and convinced of murder and was hanged in 1882.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGVraepNj04&list=PLe9RMaGILg0vOgUWaze9nx-3bOzXrOO19&index=4