Question: which president of the united states was shot at a washington railroad station?
Answer: Garfield lay in state, September 21-23, 1881, in the Capitol Rotunda. On July 2, 1881, President Garfield was shot in a Washington railroad station, located on the Mall, by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker. Garfield died from his gunshot wound 11 weeks later on September 19, 1881.