The tragic death of President James Garfield

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 23 май 2016
  • In 1881 James A. Garfield became the second U.S. President to be assassinated. As Mo Rocca learns, however, his death could have been avoided.

Комментарии • 944

  • @CooperCarr
    @CooperCarr 8 лет назад +1981

    never trust a doctor named doctor.

  • @LOLERXP
    @LOLERXP 3 года назад +843

    Ironic. He was brilliant, and the stupidity of others killed him.

    • @nachc6459
      @nachc6459 3 года назад +29

      Isn’t that always the case ?

    • @josephr.8622
      @josephr.8622 3 года назад +21

      Pretty much sums it for all murderers

    • @brandonboss6868
      @brandonboss6868 3 года назад +3

      The arrogance of man will be our undoing.

    • @itsnodawayitustabe5654
      @itsnodawayitustabe5654 3 года назад +19

      I beleive he is the only President to have a published mathmatical formula

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +17

      @@itsnodawayitustabe5654 He was also the only ambidextrous president.

  • @Ziggy_Rotten
    @Ziggy_Rotten 6 лет назад +1053

    At my school at the end of 5th grade you had to write a three-page essay on a president of your choice. but once a student had picked one, you had to pick a different one than one already chosen, I was last, and Garfield was the man I chose.(the other kids picked the more well known like Washington and Lincoln)
    I thought myself unlucky at the time, but after reading through this man's history and the assassination and the different attempts to save his life that are still ingrained in my head to this day, I'm very proud that I chose him to do my essay on, and certainly wish more children would be taught about this (mostly) unrecognized president.

    • @ClevelandKaz440
      @ClevelandKaz440 5 лет назад +37

      Great Post & Story Ziggy.
      President Garfield was an extraordinary person with a very interesting story that does go mostly unnoticed; Probably Due to his short bid in office and the many years ago it occurred.
      I can however tell you, That the children here in N.E. Ohio was indeed taught about James Garfield and what he accomplished.
      He definitely was emphasized to us school kids & the teachers made it a priority for us to learn about him.
      Garfield grew up and lived in the Mentor Ohio area. "Which was about 45 minutes away for us".
      Our elementary schools took an annual field trip to his house/museum and it was common practice to write down what we learned.
      I would say President Garfield is definitely an Icon and Important figure in this area anyways.

    • @lukenichols4025
      @lukenichols4025 4 года назад +7

      Wow I had that exact situation happen with me in fifth grade too. I also got Garfield

    • @spongebelt
      @spongebelt 4 года назад +6

      Wow was we in the same class? I also did it. And I chose McKinley cuz everyone picked the other ones.

    • @lordvoldemort5725
      @lordvoldemort5725 3 года назад +5

      In 7th grade we did the same thing, except we had to randomly pick. And I got Theodore Roosevelt.

    • @spongetheking7102
      @spongetheking7102 3 года назад +2

      @Ramond’s Enchantment lol you got the worst president

  • @Matthew-qy7op
    @Matthew-qy7op 7 лет назад +593

    I've always been fascinated by Garfield.
    next to Harrison, was the shortest lived presidency, and was assassinated for the stupidest reasons.
    rejection

    • @jamesa.garfield8026
      @jamesa.garfield8026 4 года назад +61

      facts

    • @thedudethatneveruploads2617
      @thedudethatneveruploads2617 4 года назад +23

      bruh why are u commenting on youtube bro ur supposed to be dead

    • @OvertheHIL524
      @OvertheHIL524 3 года назад +8

      @@Nintendo_fan_1998 which is why in his post he said "the shortest lived, next to Harrison". Comprehension of reading.....

    • @forestman0136
      @forestman0136 3 года назад +2

      I live near Garfield's house and have been there.

    • @llydrsn
      @llydrsn 3 года назад

      @@forestman0136 How's Odie?

  • @marco1173
    @marco1173 6 лет назад +570

    I learned about Garfield only recently, and what an extraordinary person he was. If his presidency hadn't been cut short, perhaps he'd be regarded today as one of the great U.S. presidents.

    • @jamesa.garfield8026
      @jamesa.garfield8026 4 года назад +105

      thanks

    • @blobydude420productions4
      @blobydude420productions4 3 года назад +22

      James A. Garfield it’s a ghost!

    • @hussein7517
      @hussein7517 3 года назад +10

      I'm from Pakistan. Can anybody tell me why he would've been so great?

    • @matthewgreene3318
      @matthewgreene3318 3 года назад +34

      One Question: If Garfield wasn't murdered in office, would the Pendleton Civil Service Reform act of 1883 be created?
      Edit: Hussein Savey, here is several reasons why he could have been great.
      - He wasn't anywhere near corruptable and against the spoils system at the time where people could get goverment jobs without be examened and some are considered incompetent or corrupt.
      - He had a Pan-American confrence planned for all leaders of American nation to meet in Washington in 1882. on the subject of trade.
      - He supported civil rights and edjucation.
      - He supported political civil service reforms.
      In other words, he could have had a handfull of great accomplishments.
      Also Edit: Excuse my numerous typos.

    • @hussein7517
      @hussein7517 3 года назад +10

      @@matthewgreene3318 thanx man

  • @brendan594
    @brendan594 4 года назад +177

    Garfield survived the assassination, but his doctor killed him

    • @masteroffun9627
      @masteroffun9627 2 года назад +1

      @Brendan ODonnell: Inadvertently

    • @RAY296
      @RAY296 2 года назад +1

      Doctors*

    • @nonelost1
      @nonelost1 2 года назад +5

      That’s what his assassin, Charles Guiteau, said in his defense at his trial. Didn’t work though. He was executed in 1882.

    • @steveshapiro326
      @steveshapiro326 2 года назад +4

      Thank God for modern medicine!

  • @gerardparker4220
    @gerardparker4220 5 лет назад +209

    Imagine going to college, and after your first year, they want you to teach.

    • @mrdunngoofd
      @mrdunngoofd 3 года назад +4

      @Nathaniel12345678910 is his name james a garfield?

    • @eutimiochavez415
      @eutimiochavez415 3 года назад +1

      What new now days

    • @llydrsn
      @llydrsn 3 года назад

      @@mrdunngoofd James Abram Garfield if you want the whole name

    • @steveshapiro326
      @steveshapiro326 2 года назад

      Garfield was one smart man.

  • @macvena
    @macvena 6 лет назад +256

    So did this create the phrase, "Ignorance is Bliss?"

  • @j.d.c4990
    @j.d.c4990 6 лет назад +250

    i think a Garfield presidency would have been great

    • @travisbickle4360
      @travisbickle4360 3 года назад +7

      That is why they were all killed except JF Kennedy who may have been killed for being too soft

    • @itsnodawayitustabe5654
      @itsnodawayitustabe5654 3 года назад

      Arthur did try some reforms in his legacy

    • @jarehelt
      @jarehelt 3 года назад +2

      For sure he was very libertarian. He would've been great

    • @ShawnathanOakley
      @ShawnathanOakley 3 года назад +1

      No way to tell. He was clearly surrounded by people not on the same intelligence level as him.

    • @the4tierbridge
      @the4tierbridge 3 года назад +1

      @@ShawnathanOakley He knew that though.

  • @terrrell7798
    @terrrell7798 3 года назад +179

    Robert Todd Lincoln witnessed three presidential deaths (Lincoln, McKinley and Garfield) that's crazy

    • @kingburtonhd3396
      @kingburtonhd3396 3 года назад +3

      Almost like he knew they were all going to happen. He's not slick.

    • @jsoqbwbeks2653
      @jsoqbwbeks2653 3 года назад

      @@kingburtonhd3396 perhaps

    • @the4tierbridge
      @the4tierbridge 3 года назад

      @John Coletti McKinley was the last assassinated of the bunch.

    • @mufticalvinable
      @mufticalvinable 3 года назад +6

      If he just lived longer he would have saw jfk get shot

    • @poeticjustice7049
      @poeticjustice7049 2 года назад +1

      Dude is a hex

  • @blaby4ever
    @blaby4ever 2 года назад +19

    Gives a whole new meaning to "ignorance is Bliss".

  • @olivegreenpants7153
    @olivegreenpants7153 3 года назад +77

    Interesting side note about Robert Lincoln. It seems that while waiting for a train he fell off the platform and onto the tracks as the train was coming into the station. Luckily, he was pulled back onto the platform before the train got there. What was ironic was that the man that helped him was Edwin Boothe, actor and brother of John Wilkes Boothe.

    • @jasonruckman191
      @jasonruckman191 3 года назад +12

      True story....although the date is unknown, it happened in late 1864 or early 1865, months before his father's assassination. Edwin is considered by many to be one of, if not the greatest American actor of all-time.

    • @steveshapiro326
      @steveshapiro326 2 года назад +2

      @@jasonruckman191 Robert was a student at Harvard, on vacation at that time. He graduated in 1864.

    • @sergiorubens8475
      @sergiorubens8475 Год назад +1

      Small world

    • @Rang76er
      @Rang76er Год назад +2

      Pictures or it didn’t happen.

    • @810Fam
      @810Fam 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@sergiorubens8475Big facts 💯

  • @jamesa.garfield8026
    @jamesa.garfield8026 4 года назад +460

    I'm back :)

    • @whyareyoureadingthis5308
      @whyareyoureadingthis5308 3 года назад +30

      Yo man, can you run for president again? America needs you.

    • @dceufan
      @dceufan 3 года назад +18

      You’re back? Please help us remove Trump from the White House. 👻 #TrumpIsASoreLoser #cheetos

    • @OvertheHIL524
      @OvertheHIL524 3 года назад +5

      Guess who's back

    • @iamnoone4046
      @iamnoone4046 3 года назад +11

      Hahhaha one of the best comments I have ever come across

    • @mnrs1327
      @mnrs1327 3 года назад +3

      GARFIELD!!!!!

  • @danjones2164
    @danjones2164 3 года назад +35

    This has to be the worst luck in medical history.

    • @polishherowitoldpilecki5521
      @polishherowitoldpilecki5521 3 года назад +1

      Not even close. Let’s not forget that bloodletting was once considered standard medical practice.

  • @samgaekwad
    @samgaekwad 4 года назад +37

    "Swaimp, can't you stop the pain?" were the last words of Garfield.
    Gosh can't imagine the pain and agony that this man had to went through.

    • @chrisburnett9905
      @chrisburnett9905 3 года назад +1

      I believe you are correct.

    • @sandboxproductions_youtube
      @sandboxproductions_youtube 3 года назад +4

      And for 80 days without proper medical care.

    • @jamesandharry977
      @jamesandharry977 Год назад

      It’s actually “swaim, can’t you stop the pain? Oh swaim. Swaim swaim”

    • @sean2015
      @sean2015 Год назад +2

      No anesthesia, no antibiotics, no painkillers, no antiseptics, and he had to suffer through a blistering hot and humid Washington summer with pus-filled infections caused by his doctors poking and prodding at his wounds with their dirty hands.
      Poor guy. I hope he went straight to Heaven when he passed.

  • @ClevelandKaz440
    @ClevelandKaz440 5 лет назад +24

    James Garfield lived about 45 minutes from my hometown in Ohio. My dad took me to his house when i was younger as it is now a museum. I remember the tour lady stating that the assassin tried to argue that the doctors killed Garfield and he just injured him.

    • @ClevelandKaz440
      @ClevelandKaz440 5 лет назад +4

      Nevertheless they hung him anyways as his argument was moot. If he doesn't injury Garfield, Then he doesn't have to go through those gruesome surgeries and experience the medical malpractice that occured. The pain and suffering Gairfield endured was enough in my mind to hang the accused assassin.

  • @itachi-kun7736
    @itachi-kun7736 3 года назад +11

    He survived the Assassination but not the doctor's stupidity

  • @Player_Review
    @Player_Review 7 лет назад +230

    Doctors also killed Washington. Good ole fashion doctors, those silly fellas.

    • @jamesgentry13
      @jamesgentry13 5 лет назад +2

      Let me guess... You're an anti vaxer

    • @tobytawaqal3678
      @tobytawaqal3678 5 лет назад +31

      @@hoenn4ever829 not exactly, of all 3 Doctors two of them were using the method of blood-letting, which somehow worsened his condition

    • @thereisalwaysarainbowafter1364
      @thereisalwaysarainbowafter1364 3 года назад +3

      @@tobytawaqal3678 “Somehow”

    • @dguy0386
      @dguy0386 3 года назад +1

      makes you wonder how many not historically significant people died due to blood-letting back in the day

    • @dguy0386
      @dguy0386 3 года назад +1

      I'm very glad that we have all since improved our knowledge of how that works, except for anti vaxers apparently

  • @alpaphoenix3252
    @alpaphoenix3252 5 лет назад +21

    So basically it wasn't the bullet that killed him it was the doctors

    • @adrianortega1431
      @adrianortega1431 3 года назад +5

      Guiteau even argued that in his trial. It didn't work out.

  • @unspeakableexperiments7699
    @unspeakableexperiments7699 3 года назад +36

    Fun Fact: To this day, no one has been able to locate the gun that was used in the assassination. A .44 British Bulldog Revolver. It was photographed and later put on display at the Smithsonian, where it remained until the early 20th century -- only to go missing sometime later. And it has never been seen since...

    • @comradejames451
      @comradejames451 2 года назад +4

      Isn't that interesting

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked Год назад +2

      It was me😭

    • @unspeakableexperiments7699
      @unspeakableexperiments7699 Год назад

      @@Chuked Whatever... 😂😂😂

    • @donthaveaname1086
      @donthaveaname1086 Год назад +2

      @@unspeakableexperiments7699 he’s not kidding tho, that’s the funny part. It really was his doing.

    • @unspeakableexperiments7699
      @unspeakableexperiments7699 Год назад

      @@donthaveaname1086 I doubt it. He'd be far too old by now. He'd have to be a vampire or something. But even then, he wouldn't have been out in broad daylight -- at a time when the shooting actually occurred.

  • @CranberryFo
    @CranberryFo 3 года назад +99

    When I was a young girl in elementary school, we had had to pick a president to do a report on. I got in trouble for choosing "Garfield". Apparently even the teacher didn't remember this president, and as a kid I didn't yet know this president's first name. The teacher thought I was talking about Garfield the Cat and I got in trouble for not taking the assignment seriously. Somehow another teacher got involved and told mine that there was in fact a US President named Garfield. My punishment got dropped but I still wasn't allowed to write a report on Garfield, the teacher really didn't want to be wrong.
    Now I think about it, I really didn't have the best history teacher did I?

    • @oldblackstock2499
      @oldblackstock2499 3 года назад +18

      That's ok., we have a lot of air head teachers these days. Bunch of well paid crybabies.

    • @diminishedreality7076
      @diminishedreality7076 2 года назад +8

      @@oldblackstock2499 Well paid? They are paid abysmally low. No wonder you got such a bad teacher.

    • @waynejones205
      @waynejones205 2 года назад

      Sounds like this Dr. Bliss, an arrogant narcissist.

    • @MetalMarauder
      @MetalMarauder Год назад +3

      @@oldblackstock2499 if it makes you feel any better they’re not well paid

    • @user-nt1ik5tm7y
      @user-nt1ik5tm7y 10 месяцев назад +1

      Not even close. Our teacher had us name every President in order.

  • @CptPicard1701-D
    @CptPicard1701-D 3 года назад +21

    “Your dentist’s name is ‘Crentist?’”

  • @christopherhamilton9165
    @christopherhamilton9165 6 лет назад +28

    One of the most underrated presidents of all time.

  • @albertacaulder9416
    @albertacaulder9416 5 лет назад +29

    RIP James A. Garfield

  • @emuriddle9364
    @emuriddle9364 3 года назад +89

    "Didn't believe in Anti-Septics."
    And some idiots in this country, want to drag us back to those times.... 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @admagnificat
    @admagnificat 6 лет назад +16

    This was a great video. Thank you to Mo, the interviewees, the editors, and everybody else who helped put this together!

  • @Ac76543211
    @Ac76543211 5 лет назад +10

    I am guessing that Garfield's IQ was off the charts.

  • @alcd6333
    @alcd6333 6 лет назад +14

    "Ignorance is Bliss" - now we see where that infamous term comes from!
    As for President Garfield, he was a very bright and well-educated man: he graduated from Williams College with high honors. He married one of his former students and they had 7 children. His presidential library is the first such library established.

  • @ericmuhammed2859
    @ericmuhammed2859 3 года назад +10

    I think that's Beautiful that he once was a janitor once before becoming President.

    • @richie9308
      @richie9308 2 месяца назад +1

      He understands everyone of all classes. He’s been in their shoes.

  • @thedarci1368
    @thedarci1368 7 лет назад +40

    His death was just a myriad of tragedies all the way around how sad.......

  • @Kerorofan1990
    @Kerorofan1990 3 года назад +7

    The lesson here is don't hang around Robert Todd Lincoln if you're president.

  • @simonster-9094
    @simonster-9094 7 лет назад +10

    5:02 I love how everyone else standing up and tense and Chester Arthur is just sitting there chill.

    • @hoshueyeplopper4465
      @hoshueyeplopper4465 6 лет назад +2

      simonster -909 He's like: "Soon!"

    • @nerdburger234
      @nerdburger234 4 года назад +1

      He's just Waiting to take office...

    • @Rang76er
      @Rang76er Год назад

      “Oh Mildred! Yes…after you’re done inserting those gardening fingers of yours in to the president’s wounds, won’t you fetch me another glass of brandy?”

  • @geekfreak2000
    @geekfreak2000 7 лет назад +128

    Who names their kid Doctor? Man, he must have been teased a lot as a kid...
    Also, glad we believe in germs and sterilization now.

    • @morenitomoreno1282
      @morenitomoreno1282 5 лет назад

      Preston Siegler his father was definitely a doctor who like most doctors want their children to be doctors as well

    • @Saintinthecity-wh9nl
      @Saintinthecity-wh9nl 3 года назад

      It was so strange as in Britain at the same time, the medical community fully understood the danger of infections and the importance of sterilisation.

    • @jamro217
      @jamro217 3 года назад

      As a kid he was nicknamed "Quack".

  • @LTM915
    @LTM915 3 года назад +10

    After he was shot, Garfield’s attacker shouted:“I am a stalwart. Arthur is president now,” which was the last name of Garfield’s vice president. Many believed that Arthur was involved in the attack somehow, because Arthur was a stalwart republican. Stalwarts believed in giving out jobs based on party loyalty, unlike Garfield, a moderate republican. Guito obviously thought he would be given a job by Arthur.

  • @schuylercolfax9684
    @schuylercolfax9684 3 года назад +5

    R.I.P. My homie J Garfield

  • @Mgrom-r7c
    @Mgrom-r7c 3 года назад +7

    An apple a day keeps the doctor away

  • @ValkyrieMagnus
    @ValkyrieMagnus 3 года назад +12

    Sad story but one that deserves to be remembered.

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 4 года назад +10

    Makes people wonder how different the nation would have been if Garfield lived out his term

  • @carolina061396
    @carolina061396 7 лет назад +40

    Oh, I've learned so much! :D I have many possible topics for my speech class.

  • @galiojusticejustice3191
    @galiojusticejustice3191 3 года назад +21

    "This man has been shot! Quick, use that termite-infested board to lift him onto that dumpster in the back alley! Also, get me my rusty tool box, stat!"

    • @kathleenball6351
      @kathleenball6351 2 года назад +1

      And take an xray on a metal plate so you won't be able to find the bullet.

    • @steveshapiro326
      @steveshapiro326 2 года назад

      Lincoln's doctors also probed into the head wound with dirty fingers.

  • @martinnorlin4811
    @martinnorlin4811 3 года назад +8

    He could have been one of our greatest presidents, but the jealously and stupidity of others caused the death of a truly good man.

  • @kevinsharkey1336
    @kevinsharkey1336 4 года назад +4

    Excellent historical presentation, great detail in such a short video.

  • @B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont
    @B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont 3 года назад +26

    If Robert Todd Lincoln had lived long enough, he probably would have found himself in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

  • @djwhitesox
    @djwhitesox 4 года назад +65

    This woman talking is beautiful and smart! 😀

    • @pinetree1616
      @pinetree1616 3 года назад +6

      I don't think she's smart but she's a super-hot jewess.

    • @BCAD01
      @BCAD01 3 года назад +4

      I think she's gorgeous, sexy,and very intelligent!!! I'm glad I'm not the only seeing a beautiful brunette speaking of a president.

    • @BCAD01
      @BCAD01 3 года назад +3

      @@pinetree1616 how do you know she's Jewish, not that it matters?

    • @BabySonicGT
      @BabySonicGT 3 года назад

      Yea

    • @hallelujahhalogamingtv3904
      @hallelujahhalogamingtv3904 2 года назад

      Yall are simpin asf

  • @juanandresvides2749
    @juanandresvides2749 2 года назад +10

    Even taking to account standard practice at the time, that’s still no excuse for Bliss not using anesthesia, which WAS common at the time and would’ve prevented Garfield’s unnecessary pain. Then when Bell came, Bliss ignored his vital instructions to remove the bed box spring and only allowed to use the metal detector in the wrong side, causing Bell to receive media backlash because of Bliss’ fault. No wonder why many then saw him as guilty of malpractice EVEN back then…

    • @electrifyingct4303
      @electrifyingct4303 8 месяцев назад

      I agree.... there is something extremely strange about this.

  • @sallyquinn9851
    @sallyquinn9851 4 года назад +8

    Is this from where we get the phrase “ignorance is bliss”.....?

  • @sillybuns2136
    @sillybuns2136 Год назад +2

    I like how even the shooter was like “yea the doctors could’ve done a better job”.

  • @humbertocellig
    @humbertocellig 3 года назад +6

    Extraordinary man. I do salute you Mr President.

  • @Jamesfisher0000
    @Jamesfisher0000 8 лет назад +94

    how sad...😕

    • @jamesa.garfield8026
      @jamesa.garfield8026 4 года назад +7

      very.

    • @PcGamerify
      @PcGamerify 3 года назад

      He even died while getting help from his friend Daniel Swaim saying "Oh Swaim, can you make this pain go away?" was his final words

  • @58twright
    @58twright 2 года назад +7

    He definitely would have survived this today

  • @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854
    @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 3 года назад +2

    I just got my James A. Garfield bobblehead...
    ~RIP James A. Garfield~

  • @CheckThisOut77
    @CheckThisOut77 8 месяцев назад +2

    The Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, OH (near Cleveland) is excellent. The tours through Garfield’s house are personal, educational, and inspiring. Highly recommended.

  • @waynejones205
    @waynejones205 2 года назад +3

    James Garfield died at the Jersey Shore....Elberon, next to Long Branch. The Franklyn House where he lay toward the end of his life was razed in 1920 but an Historic marker was placed at the spot, and he is memorialized as one of the Seven Presidents of the Oceanfront Park there and with a granite statue.

  • @benkeel2966
    @benkeel2966 2 года назад +4

    Millard's love of this man spread to ME

  • @DwRockett
    @DwRockett 5 лет назад +14

    Man, it really sucks in how much Garfield seemed like a good man. While I do feel Arthur is an underrated president, Garfield really seemed to have something, and the country was made worse by his death

    • @kmcshane8725
      @kmcshane8725 4 года назад +1

      I must disagree. Listen to the end of the video.
      It heals the wound between the North and South after the Civil War.

  • @raindropskeepfallin
    @raindropskeepfallin 2 года назад +2

    It's like no one has ever heard of James Garfield.. sad

  • @danmaltby3271
    @danmaltby3271 8 лет назад +167

    Mallards kind of hot

    • @azbacnikorange
      @azbacnikorange 7 лет назад +54

      She is. And she's almost fifty. Hard to believe

    • @carloscapinpin803
      @carloscapinpin803 6 лет назад +4

      Dan Maltby srsly?!

    • @truongnd1
      @truongnd1 6 лет назад +3

      nah , i dislike female historians . call me sexist but idgf

    • @chrisj197438
      @chrisj197438 6 лет назад +19

      More than kind of hot

    • @eyadob2395
      @eyadob2395 6 лет назад

      Dan Maltby have some respect sir this is history

  • @evancrum6811
    @evancrum6811 Год назад +3

    I read her book about Garfield, the assassin and Alexander Graham Bell. In the book the author stated that the British believed in germs but 90% of American doctors didn't. If Garfield was shot in London he would have survived. O It really was tragic because Garfield (in my opinion) was shaping up to be a good President.

  • @dirkdiggler6483
    @dirkdiggler6483 5 лет назад +9

    Robert Todd Lincoln only actually witnessed Garfield’s. He was at the same event as McKinleys but did not witness and he was not at fords theater he went to the house after the shooting

    • @steveshapiro326
      @steveshapiro326 2 года назад

      Robert Lincoln had just returned from his army service and was relaxing with buddies in the White House. Somebody had to knock on the door and tell him, your father has been shot. He rushed to the Petersen House across from Ford's. Mrs. Lincoln snapped out of her mind with grief but Robert tried to hold himself together. Traumatic.

  • @ferdouswahid1265
    @ferdouswahid1265 Год назад +4

    Fun Fact:President Garfield introduced an alternative proof of the Pythagorean theorem,where you prove it using algebra.In that sense,he was not only a politician but also a mathematician.

  • @Rl082992
    @Rl082992 6 лет назад +5

    Charles Guiteau was right about the doctors killing Garfield

  • @waynemontpetit8181
    @waynemontpetit8181 3 года назад +8

    So......people with no skill, talent, ability, or experience could get a government position? What a strange and unusual time!

    • @hv3926
      @hv3926 2 года назад +2

      LOL Said with sarcasm, I presume.😂

  • @bryanmelton5538
    @bryanmelton5538 2 года назад +4

    YES HE WAS A GREAT MAN PEOPLE NEED TO STUDY HIS HISTORY

  • @mo_bra3340
    @mo_bra3340 3 дня назад +1

    Fascinating story!!! Thanks! :-)

  • @Fictonalicious
    @Fictonalicious 4 года назад +7

    "I hate mondays,it's what i do best"

  • @jimstull
    @jimstull 7 лет назад +15

    I have never heard the claim that Garfield was going to Massachusetts they day he was shot. I've always heard he was going to the Jersey shore to see his wife who was there to recuperate.

    • @BassPlyr23
      @BassPlyr23 3 года назад

      Not true. He was going to his Williams College class reunion.

  • @twistedyogert
    @twistedyogert 6 месяцев назад +2

    I feel really bad for him. He was condemned to a slow and painful death because of the incompetence of the people he trusted to save him.

  • @hv3926
    @hv3926 2 года назад +2

    They did not mention how Garfiel's wife had a rigged up cooling system to deal with the sweltering heat. It was one of the first "air conditioning" systems. (I don't recall the specifics but just remembered this particular "footnotes.)

  • @AlexiaPurdy
    @AlexiaPurdy 7 лет назад +150

    my great great great grandpa was born 1899 died 2011

  • @lego_pretzel6
    @lego_pretzel6 3 года назад +6

    President Garfield died on a Monday.

  • @vlogsnstufflikethat
    @vlogsnstufflikethat 4 года назад +2

    just cause you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there

  • @oliviaokparaeke3226
    @oliviaokparaeke3226 7 лет назад +41

    I learned a very valuable lesson today
    Never trust your doctor if you get shot

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 3 года назад +1

      No, before late 1800s there were no standards to be a doctor in the US. No licenses, no medical training, not standards for healthcare. Modern docs have a battery of tests and 7+ years of training depending on specialty, especially for dealing with gunshots.

    • @Mgrom-r7c
      @Mgrom-r7c 3 года назад

      An apple a day...

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 6 лет назад +16

    its sad they tore down the Station where he was shot.

  • @jamesa.garfield7857
    @jamesa.garfield7857 3 года назад +3

    Those doctors really messed me up, didn’t they?

  • @X23SSaviourGundam
    @X23SSaviourGundam 3 года назад +2

    This is the only time you could say googling your symptoms was better than trusting your doctor.
    I'm surprised they didn't try getting him hopped up on cocaine.

  • @jefftube58
    @jefftube58 3 года назад +2

    It is ridiculous how little protection Garfield had that some idiot could walk right up to him and shoot him. For me this is the crux of the issue in his shooting.

    • @stephenwright8824
      @stephenwright8824 2 года назад

      How about, the most accessible Cabinet member in the Kennedy White House was Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara, who usually showed up for work at the Pentagon half an hour before the workday started. So _no wonder he was the most accessible._

  • @perfectwunn
    @perfectwunn 4 года назад +4

    Its amazing how far medicine has come.

  • @silverlve70
    @silverlve70 8 лет назад +9

    He suffered so much 😯

  • @thanhquanky
    @thanhquanky 3 года назад +3

    Garfield did a proof for the Pythagorean theorem

  • @mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona
    @mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona 2 года назад +2

    Utterly fascinating!!

  • @ernestonwona6070
    @ernestonwona6070 2 года назад +3

    That "Charles Get out" name was savage. Love it! I do feel bad for Garfield though. He was a smart man surrounded by ignorant people. That's what really killed him.

  • @DougCubee
    @DougCubee 3 года назад +3

    He would have been one of the greatest presidents if he didn’t die

  • @MSW96
    @MSW96 3 года назад +1

    I have Ms. Millard's book saved in my Want To Read list on GoodReads. Based on what I watched here and the ratings on there, it has got to be a must-read! Can't wait!

  • @jorgezambrano5729
    @jorgezambrano5729 2 года назад

    Excellent Information, CooL,

  • @rma3_3_3
    @rma3_3_3 3 года назад +3

    Garfield was amazing Grace period

  • @benkeel2966
    @benkeel2966 2 года назад +3

    This guy was astonishing.

  • @christophersedlak1147
    @christophersedlak1147 2 года назад +2

    God bless. Mercy on all of us. Thanks.

  • @benkeel2966
    @benkeel2966 2 года назад +1

    Candace has an enormous crush on Garfield.
    you can tell

  • @thegreatmoustachio
    @thegreatmoustachio 3 года назад +3

    I'm so glad that people today fully embrace science, and no one dies unnecessary deaths anymore. Wouldn't that be tragic.

  • @kylew.4896
    @kylew.4896 3 года назад +26

    Garfield was a superstar and Candice Millard is one of the hottest historians in the field 😀🤯

  • @user-nt1ik5tm7y
    @user-nt1ik5tm7y 10 месяцев назад +2

    Rest In Heavenly Peace Sir.

  • @geomodelrailroader
    @geomodelrailroader 2 года назад +1

    James Garfield was only in for 90 days and then he gets himself assassinated. Chester Arthur finished his term and told Rosco Conkling he can not be bought. Conkling paid Charles Guiteau to do the job and later disavowed him when he found out he was insane. Guiteau carried out his mission he assassinated the president and became the most wanted man in America. Seconds after the president was shot Secret Service pounced on him and Guiteau was arrested and as they dragged him out she shouted "I did it Garfield is dead arrest me if you want. I am a stalwart of the stalwarts and Chester Arthur is now the president!" Garfield lived for a few days and died on September 19th Chester Arthur was sworn in at the moment of death and told Conkling he can not be bought.

  • @1aikane
    @1aikane 6 лет назад +10

    Too bad. A CT scan and a good surgeon and he would have been just fine. Life in the 1880s certainly had it's limitations

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 3 года назад

      Even an X-ray, which would have been available just a few decades later.

    • @GAURAV25855ify
      @GAURAV25855ify Год назад

      Life expectancy was short back then

  • @jonathanmerrill6078
    @jonathanmerrill6078 7 лет назад +39

    Charles Guiteau was my great-grandmother's cousin, or my cousin three times removed.

    • @horatiohuskisson5471
      @horatiohuskisson5471 7 лет назад +23

      Jonathan Merrill you must be ashamed

    • @truongnd1
      @truongnd1 6 лет назад

      more like u should be ashamed . if this is true !

    • @melissahorn6091
      @melissahorn6091 5 лет назад +2

      My Grandfather 5 generations back is Chief William McIntosh. Also an interesting historical figure.

    • @kmcshane8725
      @kmcshane8725 4 года назад +10

      Wow. People are shaming him just because Guiteau's related to him. People just feel like they have to disgrace people based on the stupidest factors ever. Just leave this person alone.

    • @marcsonnenberg623
      @marcsonnenberg623 4 года назад +5

      Exactly. Not his fault whatsoever. Nothing to be ashamed of for he did nothing wrong. Just as Robert Oswald and David Kaczynski have nothing to be ashamed of. They shouldn't be looked down upon because a relative of theirs was disturbed and became a murderer.

  • @SM-rr6ri
    @SM-rr6ri 4 месяца назад

    its interesting seeing this guy doing a serious interview.

  • @lizzdoe2821
    @lizzdoe2821 4 года назад +5

    He sounds interesting!!! I’d love to read her book!!😁

  • @jamesgentry13
    @jamesgentry13 5 лет назад +5

    That doctor was House before there was House

  • @betadatadigitaljohn312
    @betadatadigitaljohn312 7 лет назад +70

    Is this where the saying "ignorance is bliss" come from? your thoughts RUclips...

    • @XxCrAiGz93xX
      @XxCrAiGz93xX 7 лет назад +2

      i think so......

    • @52Grace
      @52Grace 4 года назад +1

      "Ignorance is bliss" is a phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.

  • @denverbevins4052
    @denverbevins4052 2 года назад +1

    Some things never change.

  • @barrygeorge7066
    @barrygeorge7066 3 года назад +2

    This is an excellent book.