The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing James Garfield’s Diaries
James Garfieldspent less prison term preside over the U.S. than any otherpresidentexcept one : William Henry Harrison , who died from what may have been an enteric infection about a month after his startup . Garfield ’s least sandpiper hold up little more than six month , until he was assassinate by a dissatisfied serviceman namedCharles Guiteau , who believe Garfield should ’ve granted him an ambassadorship . But while Garfield ’s administration was abruptly - lived , his life before the Oval Office was very full — and well - documented , thanks to his commitment to observe diaries ....