Three Presidents, One Year
A Time Line of Events
Rutherford B. Hayes is a lame duck president, waiting for the end of his term.
James A. Garfield is inaugurated as the 20th president.
After only four months as president, Garfield is shot in a Washington, DC train station.
Alexander Graham Bell attempts to locate the bullet with his metal detector.
President Garfield dies after an eighty-day fight to survive. Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as the 21st president.
One Eventful Year
The events of 1881 remind us that we can persist through times of uncertainty, and perhaps we can learn a thing or two from studying the past.
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BOOKS
Davis, Kenneth C., and Pedro Martin. Don’t Know Much about the Presidents. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.
DeGregorio, William A., and Aaron Jaffe. The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, Inc., 2017.
Kane, Joseph Nathan, and Janet Podell. Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information. New York: H.W. Wilson, 2009.
WEBSITES
Encyclopedia Britannica, britannica.com
Library of Congress, loc.gov
Miller Center, University of Virginia, millercenter.org/the-presidency
The White House, whitehouse.gov