Netflix’s hit new historical series “Death by Lightning” tells the story of the assassination in 1881 of President James Garfield, so it’s only natural that Garfield and his assassin, Charles Guiteau, ...

While the shooting didn't prove immediately fatal, the resulting infected wound ultimately claimed his life on September 19.

The nation had already endured one presidential assassination, but this one felt different. Abraham Lincoln’s killing had ...

Was the assassin who killed President James Garfield really unwell? Did Chester A. Arthur like drunk boxing? We fact-check ...

Chester A. Arthur only served out the rest of James Garfield’s term and is one of the United States’ least memorable ...

Leave it to Netflix to turn the textbook facts you had to memorize in your U.S. history class into a mini-series you simply ...

The series fills in the rest: Garfield’s clash with Conkling over political appointments, Arthur’s uneasy loyalty, and the ...

Netflix's Death by Lightning premiered in November 2025 and quickly became a critically acclaimed series that narrates the ...

Our worst image of ourselves tells us that there is nothing more American than getting senselessly gunned down by a ...