Step 1 : Introduction to the question "6. Who served as president of the United States and was assassinated in 1881?"
...1. James G. Blaine 2. James S. Sherman 3. James M. Cox 4. James A. Garfield Garfield became president in March, 1881 but was shot down four months later by a disappointed and deranged job hunter. Garfield lingered for two more months and died from infections of the wound. Had x-rays existed, or if his doctors were more able and careful in trying to locate the bullet, Garfield would have survived the wound.