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On July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded the newly inaugurated U.S. President James A. Garfield in the lobby of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Depot in Washington, D.C., as he yelled, "I am a stalwart and Arthur is now President of the United States!" President Garfield did not die immediately, but lingered for eleven weeks. Vice President Chester A. Arthur became president of the United States on September 20, 1881.

On September 20, 1881, Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the twenty-first president of the United States, assuming the presidency upon the death of James A. Garfield. Eleven weeks earlier, Garfield had been shot by Charles J. Guiteau in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Depot in Washington, D.C.

This guide contains approximately 400 items relating to presidential inaugurations, including Chester Arthur taking the oath of office on September 20, 1881.

In 1880, Chester Arthur was elected vice president on the Republican ticket with President James Garfield.