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Charles Guiteau, raised by an abusive father, joined and was rejected by the Oneida Community before pursuing politics and obsessing over patronage appointments.

Netflix’s new series Death by Lightning explores how Guiteau’s delusions of grandeur and obsession with saving the Republican Party led him to assassinate President James A. Garfield.

Guiteau’s trial became a media sensation, ending with his execution in 1882, a dramatic finale to his misguided quest for recognition and glory.

If you were only ever taught President James A. Garfield was shot “by a disappointed office seeker,” then you don’t know the half of it.

Charles Guiteau, who assassinated Garfield and whose story is told in Netflix’s new series, Death by Lightning ,

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