who was charles guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau. Charles Julius Guiteau (/É¡É¨ËtoÊ/; September 8, 1841 â June 30, 1882) was an American preacher, writer, and lawyer who assassinated U.S. President James A. Garfield. He was executed by hanging.
President James A. Garfield. Photo: Library of Congress. Charles J. Guiteau, a mentally unstable 41-year-old lawyer, had stalked Garfield for months before shooting him at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington on July 2, 1881.