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Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers about events related to the Netflix limited series Death By Lightning .

U.S. President James A. Garfield was less than four months into his presidential term when tragedy struck in the form of an assassin’s bullet.

More than 120 years later, the ramifications of that shot—fired by a disgruntled supporter named Charles Guiteau—still loom heavily over politics and medicine. The new Netflix limited series Death By Lightning , premiering on Thursday, November 6, explores the tragedy of Garfield’s death and its pivotal place in U.S. history.

The four-part Netflix series, which stars Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen as Garfield and Guiteau, respectively, examines the events preceding to the deadly attack

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