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===Assassination===
===Assassination===
On the 2nd of July, while on his way to attend the commencement exercises at Williams College, the new president was shot in a Washington railway station by a disappointed office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau, whose mind had no doubt been somewhat influenced by the abuse lavished upon the president by his party opponents; and on the 19th of September 1881, he died at Elberon, New Jersey, whither he had been removed on the 6th.
On the 2nd of July, while on his way to attend the commencement exercises at Williams College, the new president was shot in a Washington [[railway station]] by a disappointed office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau, whose mind had no doubt been somewhat influenced by the abuse lavished upon the president by his party opponents; and on the 19th of September 1881, he died at Elberon, New Jersey, whither he had been removed on the 6th.
He was buried in Cleveland, Ohio, where in 1890 a monument was erected by popular subscription to his memory.
He was buried in Cleveland, Ohio, where in 1890 a monument was erected by popular subscription to his memory.