who wounded president garfield on this day
More On This Day. being shot by Charles Guiteau. On This Day: President Garfield Shot. On July 2, 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died 11 weeks later due to his doctorsâ unsanitary efforts to remove the bullet. Charles Guiteau Shoots President Garfield. Charles Guiteau was a disturbed and likely mentally ill man who became interested in politics in 1880.