The Presidential Assassination Nobody Talks About

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  • @isaiah3680
    @isaiah3680 Před 4 lety +8358

    "The video was gonna be way too long"
    How dare you assume we'd want *less* o'nella

    • @n.e.v.e.r
      @n.e.v.e.r Před 4 lety +114

      He's probably making a part 2

    • @6letterss
      @6letterss Před 4 lety +106

      10 min is the magic number for youtube ad revenue. Im glad hes one of the few channels not clickbaiting though

    • @Alex-iz4ei
      @Alex-iz4ei Před 4 lety +43

      yeah, we want *sam* more *o'nella*

    • @princessazulaofthefirenati5870
      @princessazulaofthefirenati5870 Před 4 lety +3

      560th like

    • @FuzzyWuzzy98
      @FuzzyWuzzy98 Před 4 lety +27

      I'd watch a 20 min o'nella video

  • @jennehweet5930
    @jennehweet5930 Před 4 lety +3019

    Kills man to become famous.
    *The presidential assassination that nobody talks about.

  • @katsarida
    @katsarida Před rokem +1625

    A lot of this makes sense once you realize that two major symptoms of late stage syphilis are insanity and personality disturbances.

    • @gavinhuttpacificrim
      @gavinhuttpacificrim Před 9 měsíci +44

      Ohh

    • @IoEstasCedonta
      @IoEstasCedonta Před 5 měsíci +34

      So how do you explain everything before that?

    • @katsarida
      @katsarida Před 5 měsíci

      @@IoEstasCedonta he wasn’t really a lunatic before that, he was just kind of a dick.

    • @theenderdestruction2362
      @theenderdestruction2362 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@IoEstasCedontaFUCKIG stupidity and possible slightly insanity

    • @SirSaladAss
      @SirSaladAss Před 5 měsíci +241

      ​@@IoEstasCedontaHe was just a silly little guy

  • @alancoe1002
    @alancoe1002 Před rokem +2938

    Shot by Guiteau, but killed by his doctors. The autopsy showed there was already a protective cyst being formed around the bullet, but they worried more about the non-threat of "lead poisoning" than they did about their absolutely filthy surgical practices. Besides the insanity plea, I think the defense attorney went for the killed-by-doctors angle, too.

    • @big_sea
      @big_sea Před 6 měsíci +14

      yes

    • @HandsomeLad69
      @HandsomeLad69 Před 4 měsíci +10

      It was the Wild West in medicine around that time😂😂😂

    • @haydeanbeatz1449
      @haydeanbeatz1449 Před 3 měsíci +25

      @@HandsomeLad69that’s because it was the Wild West period 😂

  • @ShnoogleMan
    @ShnoogleMan Před 4 lety +10862

    I love how as a child he's still depicted with a beard.

    • @paulko2
      @paulko2 Před 4 lety +116

      Omg I tought he was simply really small hahahahahaahah

    • @caden3122
      @caden3122 Před 4 lety +74

      T I N Y B E A R D

    • @Darth_Bateman
      @Darth_Bateman Před 4 lety +47

      On that fateful day, he became a man.

    • @CometMothman
      @CometMothman Před 4 lety +18

      *and your a child with a mustache*

    • @wilsoncalhoun
      @wilsoncalhoun Před 4 lety +80

      That's because you merely adopted the beard. He was born with it, molded by it. Guiteau didn't see a razor until he was already a man; by then, it was nothing but manscaping! The beard betrays you, because it belongs to him. I wonder, what will break first? Your stubble? Or your spirit?

  • @nofckyou4564
    @nofckyou4564 Před 4 lety +30818

    "Hey man, ever heard of Hitler?"
    "No, who's him?"
    "That guy that killed Hitler."
    "Ohh that guy"

  • @isc8900
    @isc8900 Před 9 měsíci +570

    fun fact: Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, who was the Secretary of War at the time, was next to Garfield during the assasination. also, he once almost died from being crushed by a train car when Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth's brother, saved him, while traveling with his friend, John T. Ford.

    • @babyyodafan6943
      @babyyodafan6943 Před 8 měsíci +4

      No one cares

    • @maxmajcher5115
      @maxmajcher5115 Před 8 měsíci +151

      History is full of insane coincidences like this and I always love hearing about it

    • @TheHutchy01
      @TheHutchy01 Před 8 měsíci +79

      He was also nearby when McKinley got iced as well. He is said to have refused a later presidential invitation with the comment, "No, I'm not going, and they'd better not ask me, because there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present." Although, that wasn't a firm policy, there's quite a nice picture of him, Chief Justice (and former President) Taft and President Harding at the opening of the Lincoln Memorial.

    • @quar_0
      @quar_0 Před 8 měsíci +3

      that's wild

    • @quar_0
      @quar_0 Před 8 měsíci +32

      @@babyyodafan6943i do

  • @brightfluorescent2158
    @brightfluorescent2158 Před rokem +1519

    Guiteau is one of the most interesting characters in the Sondheim musical Assassins, which is about everyone who ever attempted or succeeded in assassinating a U.S president. Guiteau is framed as comic relief the entire show, but then he’s one of four who actually succeeded. His song, “The Ballad of Guiteau,” has this both creepy and optimistic vibe at the same time, and if you’re into American history and/or theater I really suggest you check it out!

    • @TheAlexSchmidt
      @TheAlexSchmidt Před rokem +71

      Almost everyone, Sondheim left out the would-be assassins of Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Truman. Although it's still a neat musical. Now that John Hinckley's out of the asylum and posting songs to CZcams I wonder what he thinks of the songs Sondheim wrote for him? Although I feel like to avoid legal trouble he probably shouldn't bring it up.

    • @zrwilson6074
      @zrwilson6074 Před rokem +18

      I learned about the musical through this comment, so glad I did. I never imagined that I'd like musicals. My favourite song is probably Ballad of Czolgosz, quick and succinct yet so catchy.

    • @possums154
      @possums154 Před 11 měsíci +8

      that's why i'm here actually

    • @connormcmurphy4276
      @connormcmurphy4276 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Wow that sounds kinda cool. I’m gonna check it out

    • @patria3023
      @patria3023 Před 8 měsíci +9

      @@possums154eyyy that’s why I’m here too! Come all ye Christians and learn from a sinner…

  • @Czar_Moss
    @Czar_Moss Před 4 lety +2034

    imagine going to a hanging and the victim starts reading his fanfiction about himself

    • @josem.925
      @josem.925 Před 4 lety +17

      I think you mean convect

    • @zebimicio5204
      @zebimicio5204 Před 4 lety +79

      @@josem.925 I think you meant convict

    • @josem.925
      @josem.925 Před 4 lety +49

      @@zebimicio5204 fuck got out spelled

    • @GamesFromSpace
      @GamesFromSpace Před 4 lety +52

      I mean, wouldn't that make it better? If they start reading their personal fanfiction, you know they deserve what's happening next.

    • @kyle.s6646
      @kyle.s6646 Před 4 lety +9

      @@josem.925 Fuck, got out spelled.

  • @saigudi7396
    @saigudi7396 Před 4 lety +9308

    Charles didn’t even kill Garfield. The doctors killed him with their incompetence making a 3 inch wound expand into a infected 20 inch wound

    • @Glory2Snowstar
      @Glory2Snowstar Před 4 lety +776

      The Medic would be proud.

    • @saigudi7396
      @saigudi7396 Před 4 lety +198

      Christian Flaherty: Sequel Edition tf2 reference?

    • @puffnisse
      @puffnisse Před 4 lety +116

      @@saigudi7396 Of course it was.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Před 4 lety +420

      He actually said so in his trial, the madlad

    • @saigudi7396
      @saigudi7396 Před 4 lety +17

      Dr.Barrel nice.

  • @thekillercrowbar
    @thekillercrowbar Před 2 lety +367

    Someone described him as an “1800’s Chris-Chan” and that couldn’t be anymore accurate

    • @GPantazis
      @GPantazis Před 14 dny +1

      The moment I heard "a nice Christian lady under 30 years of age" that is exactly what I thought

    • @yellowflametree4238
      @yellowflametree4238 Před 14 dny +2

      ​​@@GPantazis
      - Poor relationship with an older brother
      - Been on multiple love quests
      - Hired a prostitute
      - Has illusions of grandeur
      - Unbridled entitlement for doing basically nothing
      - Plagiarises everything he could get his hands on
      - Got a restraining order (in a way)
      - Writes fanfics about himself
      - Created a rudimentary attraction sign
      - Absolutely bonkers court case
      Every generation has their own Chris Chan it seems

    • @GPantazis
      @GPantazis Před 13 dny +1

      @@yellowflametree4238 To be fair "hired a prostitute" is not quite at the same level as the rest

  • @imtired9395
    @imtired9395 Před rokem +126

    I kinda wish Garfield just gave him what he wanted. His escapades as an ambassador to another country would be utterly priceless

    • @maarekstele2998
      @maarekstele2998 Před 4 měsíci +28

      Honestly he'd probably start a war with france

  • @cosmicklutz1675
    @cosmicklutz1675 Před 4 lety +1936

    "If the dick dont spit, you must acquit"
    "Holding in the ol' pelvic sneeze"
    I'm dead lmaooo

    • @Rovertimes
      @Rovertimes Před 4 lety +5

      Cosmic Klutz hahahahaha

    • @rondoggish
      @rondoggish Před 4 lety +14

      I never heard of anyone ever using these phrases before.. I have no idea how he comes up with such deadpan humor ctfu

    • @n0yn0y
      @n0yn0y Před 4 lety +1

      @Cosmic Klutz father?

    • @cosmicklutz1675
      @cosmicklutz1675 Před 4 lety +1

      @@n0yn0y O_o My 395th child...

  • @sunflowerstandard4596
    @sunflowerstandard4596 Před 3 lety +7591

    I completely forgot this was about a presidential assassination like 6 minutes in

  • @ianxanthar7038
    @ianxanthar7038 Před rokem +503

    I know I’m super late on this cuz I just got into Sam’s videos but the other assisination was probably president McKinley by Leon Czolgosz. (Just as a disclaimer I got all my info on Wikipedia which “isn’t a credible source” but sue me)
    - was a polish American born in may 1873
    - mom died at 10 during child birth
    - became a factory worker at 17
    - economic hardships pushed him to Catholic Church
    - went to live with dad on a big farm
    - did fuck all to help with maintaining farm
    - fought with step mom about religion
    - left his dad to become a recluse
    - became a socialist
    - then became an anarchist
    - found out about an assassination on an Italian leader
    - thought “that’s not a half bad idea, this’ll solve all of my economic problems and help the country. I’m such a noble guy”
    - went to the pan American exposition in Buffalo ny (my home town :) ) in 1901
    - bought a pistol
    - just walked up to the president and shot him twice (first shot ricocheted off his jacket button and second was non fatal gut shot)
    - just like Garfield they examined the president and expedited the infection
    - Leon was tried days after the president died
    - defense tried to claim insanity but it was denied because he put so much work into making sure the pistol worked and was properly concealed during the assassination. They said no insane man would commit murder in such a public place knowing that they would be caught
    - convicted of first degree murder
    - had two visits before getting the electric chair; first his father Fudzinski and Father Hickey went to see him but was refused twice before being let to him. They brought being a clergy man early in the day who pleaded with him for 45 min to repent but he refused.
    - the other was with his brother and brother in law who asked him why he did it to which he said “No one. Nobody had anything to do with it but me." They didn’t think this was like him and it’s not how he was raised so they asked if he wanted the preacher to come back. When asked he said "No, damn them. Don't send them here again. I don't want them," and "Don't you have any praying over me when I am dead. I don't want it. I don't want any of their damned religion."
    - was sent to the chair where his last words were “I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people - the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. I am sorry I could not see my father." (Presumably talking about his biological father idk how these two “fathers” were related to him but it’s probably some fucky Wikipedia shit)
    - got three shocks and died
    - brothers were at execution and wanted to take the body but were deterred because the people performing the execution said “the crowd wouldn’t let them leave the building with the body or else they would get mobbed and hav ethe body stolen presumably to be horribly defiled Mussolini style
    - the authorities autopsied him and found that he was super unhealthy and had gross STD warts on his junk
    - they planned to burry him in the prison but wanted to decompose the body quickly so nobody could dig him up and worship him
    - the authorities looked at him body and was like “hey this quicklime stuff works great at decomposing flesh (as seen with this piece of meat we tested it in earlier) and we’re legally allowed to use as much of it as we want but you know what is even better at dissolving stuff? Sulfuric acid. So they dumped a vat of acid on him horribly disfiguring his corpse and after 12 hours was completely melted. They then burned his cloths and called it a day.
    - after his death an anarchist writer was accused of helping the assassination but was let go to insufficient evidence
    - she wrote saying that McKinley was a “President of money kings and trust magnates” in an article called “ The Tragedy of Buffalo” but it was tossed aside because the whole anarchist movement was tarnished by Leon’s actions
    - Leon was “buried” in Cayuga county NY in an unmarked grave with only writing being “Fort Hill Remains"
    I doubt anybody actually read through all that but it was a fun way to add what I can to the void that is CZcams comments (on a video that’s 2+ years old (I don’t want to check exactly cuz then I’d have to delete this mini thesis)). Thanks to whoever got this far and if you want to read more about it there’s a horribly boring book I had to read in highschool about all this called “Devil in the White City” which is split between H.H. Holmes’s story (the actual interesting part of the book) and the American exposition which leads into Leon’s story. Alright now time to work on finals shit :))))))))))))))))))) (I want to die)
    Edit (“literally” 20 seconds after posting) I probably didn’t get all the information and probably got shit wrong. If I willfully wanted to spread misinformation I’d go back to before Twitter blue was canceled. I did the best a half hour of reading could do.

    • @ianxanthar7038
      @ianxanthar7038 Před rokem +11

      Also I really wish Sam would’ve done this one too and I can’t do it justice in the way he can but hey, now you know the other one

    • @roachFarmer757
      @roachFarmer757 Před rokem +25

      Yea u got it mostly right. Doubt Sam will do a video on it cause it's not very wacky/funny and mostly just kind of sad for everyone involved. Wouldn't really make a good Sam O'Nella type of video

    • @ayrtonpavot3096
      @ayrtonpavot3096 Před rokem +3

      nice comment

    • @LeviForWaifu
      @LeviForWaifu Před rokem +2

      Thanks for the post lad

    • @rafaelfigfigueiredo2988
      @rafaelfigfigueiredo2988 Před rokem +4

      Ty for posting this. Idc about missed or misinformation, I literally won't talk to anyone about this even in context but yeah was fun to read thanks

  • @thecactussword4304
    @thecactussword4304 Před rokem +124

    Charles Giteau is a man who somehow failed every sidequest possible.

  • @zenith7014
    @zenith7014 Před 4 lety +5136

    "He killed garfield"
    Me: that bastard john arbuckle, he finally did it

  • @WhaleManMan
    @WhaleManMan Před 3 lety +6699

    He didnt even kill the guy who actually insulted him.

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 Před 3 lety +297

      obviously it was garfield's fault
      always and forever

    • @thecloaker7962
      @thecloaker7962 Před 3 lety +77

      That's like my friend tbagging a high rank in a game and then him wiping _me_ for my friend's actions.

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom Před 3 lety +70

      President Garfield's Secretary of State: leave me alone you poopybutt!
      Guiteau: Curse you Garfieeeeelllllddddd!!!!
      A pity he didn't live for another 130ish years. Then he could have put the blame squarely where it belonged: On Obama. Thanks Obama. It was all your fault, all along.

    • @michaelhaggart9858
      @michaelhaggart9858 Před 3 lety +14

      @@dontreadmydescription4473 ok I wont

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 2 lety +10

      @@sarafontanini7051 It wasn't about who was at fault, it was about what would make him historically memorable.

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy Před 2 lety +161

    Charles couldn’t even murder properly, the dang doctors did it for him and he got all the credit!

  • @connormcmurphy4276
    @connormcmurphy4276 Před 9 měsíci +40

    The note that he writes for Garfield after he steals the election from grant….is some of the best comedy writing I have ever seen. It’s genius and I remember the first time reading it and just DYING

    • @victorlolxd7347
      @victorlolxd7347 Před 8 měsíci +10

      “We can do nothing but Garfield him the election” lives rent free in my head! 🤣

  • @kubahavlicek1933
    @kubahavlicek1933 Před 4 lety +4395

    Everybody: Cumshot
    Sam O'Nella: Pelvic sneeze.

    • @dairyoo
      @dairyoo Před 4 lety +5

      Lmao pretty much 🤣🤣

    • @JamesTAdams
      @JamesTAdams Před 4 lety +58

      Brings to mind the image of a cock wiggling around making sneezing noises while some guy thrusts his hips all over the place.

    • @lillliebugg
      @lillliebugg Před 4 lety +7

      @@JamesTAdams hAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

    • @acls1239
      @acls1239 Před 4 lety +1

      @@dairyoo you know how I pronounce that word la Mayo so the way I read that it kind of forced me to be confused

    • @paulc83
      @paulc83 Před 4 lety

      @@JamesTAdams similar thought, my friend

  • @griefingg0lem685
    @griefingg0lem685 Před 3 lety +2978

    The best irony is that he wanted to go down in history as a famous assassin of a president and this is the first time I ever heard of him.

    • @tigerwolf2243
      @tigerwolf2243 Před 3 lety +61

      What was his name again? The guy who assassinated the less famous Garfield?
      Eh, never mind it's not important.

    • @griefingg0lem685
      @griefingg0lem685 Před 3 lety +52

      @Projekt Kobra Yeah, as that is the literally definition of fame.
      Quote: "the state of being known or talked about by many people, especially on account of notable achievements."

    • @griefingg0lem685
      @griefingg0lem685 Před 3 lety +6

      @Projekt Kobra Would you still call this guy famous?

    • @Crim_Zen
      @Crim_Zen Před 3 lety +8

      I first heard about him almost 10 years ago in my civics class... I hadn't heard much about him after that class. I do mention his name and story when people talk about the other presidential assassins. It's usually something like "You guys forgot the stupidest one ..." The topic usually comes up when talking about the presidents with the shortest term.

    • @compositebow151
      @compositebow151 Před 3 lety

      Big same

  • @mutantmaster1
    @mutantmaster1 Před 7 měsíci +25

    Syphilis can emerge later after it "disappears" as neruo-spyphilis, which can lead to brain damage.
    So while it might not have MADE him batshit insane, it certainly didn't help

  • @kotyrollins
    @kotyrollins Před 8 měsíci +25

    Fun fact, While working as a banquet Server for Kingsmill Resort in 2016, I delivered food to John Hinkley Jr. The guy who shot Regan.
    I always win that round of two truths and a lie.

    • @AffyMoon
      @AffyMoon Před 8 měsíci +7

      I'd thank him if I were you lol

  • @mattharvey-ingram3521
    @mattharvey-ingram3521 Před 4 lety +3151

    "If the duck don't spit, you must acquit"
    -Sam O'Nella 2019

  • @trayznthememecollector4412
    @trayznthememecollector4412 Před 3 lety +8599

    Should’ve just given him the role of informer of deer

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine Před 3 lety +223

      Truly, you hold wisdom and insight.

    • @noahgrooms4792
      @noahgrooms4792 Před 3 lety +44

      Cherry earrings

    • @jojobod
      @jojobod Před 3 lety +68

      Did you just screenshot a discord pfp for your CZcams pfp?

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine Před 3 lety +56

      @@jojobod Recycling is good, even if there's smarter ways to go about it

    • @evose1238
      @evose1238 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jojobod at least he screenshotted a pfp that was pretty good

  • @adeptusdripstartes
    @adeptusdripstartes Před 10 měsíci +31

    Fun fact: The other assassin Sam mentioned was Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated president William McKinley

    • @alfalldoot6715
      @alfalldoot6715 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Yeah, but he was just some boring anarchist.

    • @alexanderdiaz434
      @alexanderdiaz434 Před 5 měsíci

      @@alfalldoot6715 he was pretty funny too actually, terminally down bad for emma goldman and clapped mckinley with a dirty rag and a handgun

  • @rachelschloesser7438
    @rachelschloesser7438 Před rokem +28

    I first learned about this from the book “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons”. It gave a lot of insight on what was going on with his brain, as well as numerous other historical stories told from a neurological point of view. I definitely recommend!

  • @ryuranzou
    @ryuranzou Před 4 lety +25300

    This guy's life story is like when you try to mess up as much as possible in a story driven video game.

    • @bigghoss762
      @bigghoss762 Před 4 lety +704

      It's like when you've already sided with every faction in Fallout 4 so you try to beat the game with level 1 speech and being a complete dick to everyone.

    • @Fists91
      @Fists91 Před 4 lety +278

      Although in fallout 4 being a dick to everyone is the pacifist playthrough

    • @melvinmerkelhopper5752
      @melvinmerkelhopper5752 Před 4 lety +348

      @@bigghoss762 Or when you try and beat a Fallout game with your intelligence at 1.

    • @KlaxontheImpailr
      @KlaxontheImpailr Před 4 lety +265

      The player must be Graystillplays

    • @panickysociety97
      @panickysociety97 Před 4 lety +178

      * CallMeKevin has entered the chat *

  • @tristanabalos4126
    @tristanabalos4126 Před 4 lety +2387

    I never get tired of seeing old characters get recycled into the background of these videos.

  • @nabbly
    @nabbly Před rokem +49

    You missed the part where they couldn't send his body back to his family because they were too poor to afford a funeral so the state decided to bury him in the jailhouse courtyard, but not before giving him an autopsy. During this autopsy it was discovered that Guiteau had a condition which made him unable to retract his foreskin. Its believed that this was the cause to all his insane actions lol

  • @yeildishere
    @yeildishere Před rokem +81

    I think this story shows that abusive parents truly make a wild animal out of someone and that is what happened in this story and honestly a bit sad knowing a man who could do good was raised by an over religious abuser in his childhood and sadly molded him into the person he was but the things he did were not good and just bad or bizzare

    • @soapsatellite
      @soapsatellite Před rokem

      This is a common thing with a lot of the most fucked up people in history: Abusive parents

    • @13vatra
      @13vatra Před 8 měsíci +8

      I don't know, his brother tried to get him to be a functioning member of society. His sister bailed him out of jail and gave him a place to stay. They likely had the same childhood as him and didn't turn out like him. Some people just go off the deep end no matter what.

    • @digimonlover1632
      @digimonlover1632 Před 8 měsíci +6

      @@13vatraI’m sorry but that really doesn’t negate anything he said. People are going to be affected differently and be at different levels of adjustment when it comes to abuse even if it is by the same person(and even then we don’t even know if his alive siblings were abused). The point being made here is that he probably wouldn’t have turned out the way he did if he wasn’t abused. Obviously that doesn’t justify the things that he did but my point still stands.

    • @13vatra
      @13vatra Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@digimonlover1632 a lot of people turn out awful even with perfect childhoods. So it's hard to say.

    • @alfalldoot6715
      @alfalldoot6715 Před 6 měsíci +1

      At what point do we just go "yeah, this is your fault. "?

  • @NotimetoVero
    @NotimetoVero Před 4 lety +5168

    If Onision was born in the 1800's.

  • @AlisterTate
    @AlisterTate Před 4 lety +3600

    “What is the capital of Michigan?”
    *”...M?”*

  • @binterwinterboyii1095
    @binterwinterboyii1095 Před rokem +37

    I actually saw an episode of American Dad about Garfield and Guiteau and half wondered if the latter was real (he's portrayed as a raving bearded lunatic and described as a "bloodhound" by the show) and if so, half wondered if he was really that insane
    Yes, the answer is very clearly yes

  • @bennu547
    @bennu547 Před rokem +41

    It actually doesn’t take much. Even something like narcissistic abuse with gaslighting being heavily involved in that is enough to make you feel like you’re always doing something wrong. Constantly wanting to seek approval and praise from others that you’re doing a good job. And you don’t need physical violence to get to that point of feeling like you’re worthless and need for other people to acknowledge that you’re doing something right. That’s the scary thing. It could be the most subtle thing like back handed compliments. That being used again and again, especially in front of other people, is enough to get you to doubt yourself enough to the point where you feel like you’re worthless

  • @freshbread4039
    @freshbread4039 Před 4 lety +3412

    "Burn in hell, beige dog."
    -Garfield

  • @capbloo
    @capbloo Před 4 lety +10614

    Hitler: Shoots himself
    Sam: What a hero

    • @migkillerphantom
      @migkillerphantom Před 4 lety +166

      The implication here was actually quite the opposite.

    • @nonec384
      @nonec384 Před 4 lety +42

      wait so here is hero but not one

    • @acls1239
      @acls1239 Před 4 lety +412

      I think we should make a statue for the person who killed Hitler

    • @theretronians
      @theretronians Před 4 lety +79

      @@acls1239 good idea bro

    • @PaulCantSleep
      @PaulCantSleep Před 4 lety +32

      An hero

  • @omegacolossus
    @omegacolossus Před rokem +16

    Fun fact: The revolver that was used by Guiteau was lost around the early 20th century. Photographs of the image do exist, as they were taken by the Smithsonian.
    Guiteau wanting to be remembered in the museum will never be true now.

  • @Jayshiver
    @Jayshiver Před 2 měsíci +5

    Fun fact: Garfield is the only US president to contribute anything original to mathematics. When he was a senator, he made an entirely original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

  • @mahophacatee5453
    @mahophacatee5453 Před 4 lety +1838

    *Garfield actually dies on a Monday*
    We really be out here living in a simulation

    • @TheAlmightyJello
      @TheAlmightyJello Před 4 lety +42

      @Brandon Clarke President Garfield actually died on Monday, September 19 1881.

    • @luigifan001
      @luigifan001 Před 4 lety +35

      @Brandon Clarke Garfield (thr cat) hates monday

    • @steveboy3712
      @steveboy3712 Před 4 lety +39

      Thats probably why garfield hates mondays

    • @olbradley
      @olbradley Před 4 lety +8

      *Just like the simulations...*

    • @Dgero
      @Dgero Před 4 lety +3

      @@steveboy3712 is Garfield a reincarnated Garfield

  • @BurritoFan1
    @BurritoFan1 Před 4 lety +1455

    "Charles J Gitout"
    Damn, even 19th century people were savages

    • @PinkRuschi
      @PinkRuschi Před 4 lety +48

      This whole story is savage

    • @sneezingsuspense
      @sneezingsuspense Před 4 lety +4

      Ouch

    • @ananousous
      @ananousous Před 4 lety +35

      The art of roasting has been passed down through generations

    • @samirraza9069
      @samirraza9069 Před 4 lety +21

      Imo people back then were way better at roasting and were classy AF while doing it.

    • @jundavinchi8591
      @jundavinchi8591 Před 4 lety

      Have you guys seen the viral video of the cart going in circles without anybody in it?
      czcams.com/video/GfoAzgZOVJs/video.html

  • @brian2685
    @brian2685 Před rokem +18

    I think my favorite part is that Guiteau bought the ivory pistol “so it would look better in a museum” but the Smithsonian promptly lost it anyway lol

    • @melonie_peppers
      @melonie_peppers Před měsícem

      He was such a loser, no one ever cared about him in any century

  • @trashcantaloupe5402
    @trashcantaloupe5402 Před rokem +15

    I came to this video after watching a bootleg of the musical “assassins” which is about the nine people who tried to kill a US president. I thought that they must have exaggerated Guiteau a bit but no, he was really like that.

  • @Micah_777
    @Micah_777 Před 3 lety +9054

    Fun fact: president Garfield could write Greek in one hand and Latin in the other hand at the same time

    • @gonfreecss8753
      @gonfreecss8753 Před 3 lety +982

      He'll take a potato chip... AND EAT IT!

    • @jeremyphillips3087
      @jeremyphillips3087 Před 3 lety +304

      I heard the same about jefferson i wonder if that's true or just an urban legend.

    • @mckaleighwatson3942
      @mckaleighwatson3942 Před 2 lety +180

      @@jeremyphillips3087 Even if it's fake he's still an eccentric scientist with a child murdering sheep. This man needs to make a Thomas Jefferson video.

    • @frog3262
      @frog3262 Před 2 lety +97

      “Child murdering sheep”

    • @asylumskp4391
      @asylumskp4391 Před 2 lety +60

      How did we get this information?

  • @beepboop4103
    @beepboop4103 Před 3 lety +25398

    I love how the guy literally killed the President for fame, and ended up forgotten

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 2 lety +1165

      How is he forgotten? There's a nearly 12 minute video about him right here! /s

    • @mellowasiam
      @mellowasiam Před 2 lety +849

      I'd say that's on par with the rest of his life. Trying to be perfectionist, but failing hard at it.

    • @bluishwolf
      @bluishwolf Před 2 lety +155

      @@OtakuUnitedStudio Plus he got a major role in a Sondheim musical.

    • @BubbyBold
      @BubbyBold Před 2 lety +419

      I just got done watching the video and already forgot his name

    • @excitedcat9517
      @excitedcat9517 Před 2 lety +183

      @@OtakuUnitedStudio
      Fair point but we’re all really here for Sam
      Not this sad man who’s name I’ve just forgotten lol

  • @man.actual
    @man.actual Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you for finally making a video on this one Sam 🙏🙏

  • @jooliagoolia9959
    @jooliagoolia9959 Před rokem +1

    That's a lot of information in a short video!
    Really well done!
    Thanks you

  • @diegovane5827
    @diegovane5827 Před 4 lety +2851

    “He killed Garfield”
    Oh no not the fat orange cat

  • @creamcannon825
    @creamcannon825 Před 4 lety +5318

    Garfield should have just let Charles be the informer of deer, jeez.

  • @jacobedward2401
    @jacobedward2401 Před rokem +9

    "You can't always get what you want, unless what you want is getting everyone to hate you, that's extraordinarily easy"
    Well as long as you have goals

  • @Gjest-hi2le
    @Gjest-hi2le Před rokem +58

    1:01 the standard twitter user

  • @spugoge915
    @spugoge915 Před 4 lety +2237

    “Shoot your Jizz and out you is”
    -The Bible probably

    • @jjnn2
      @jjnn2 Před 4 lety +20

      I mean, there's a section where you can't change the Bible, apart from translations, so if you get rid of that part, then you can make your own holy book of NotchristianityIswear

    • @r.i.pchannelisdead2404
      @r.i.pchannelisdead2404 Před 4 lety +2

      @@jjnn2 so ur saying I'd e get rid of something in the Bible we put our own words in it...hell yes

    • @tarico4436
      @tarico4436 Před 4 lety

      Not that I'm a fan, cuz I'm not, but that book mentions "onanism," and how it's not to be done.

    • @tarico4436
      @tarico4436 Před 4 lety

      Not that I'm a fan, cuz I'm not, but that book does mention "onanism," and how it's not to be done.

    • @kerryn6714
      @kerryn6714 Před 4 lety +7

      I know a bible verse that is close! Ezekiel 23:20: "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses".
      This is real! 😂😂😂

  • @dercarrot991
    @dercarrot991 Před 3 lety +29168

    Fun fact: Charles Guiteau’s case was one of the first times a lawyer tried to plead insanity for their client.

    • @Gilhelmi
      @Gilhelmi Před 3 lety +4104

      1880's asylums were really bad. The courts had mercy on the guy by giving him the death penalty.
      This is not a joke by the way. Death was more merciful in those days.

    • @markuslemerise5812
      @markuslemerise5812 Před 3 lety +239

      snazzy

    • @esquilo_atomico
      @esquilo_atomico Před 3 lety +122

      @@Gilhelmi lol

    • @WickedTester176
      @WickedTester176 Před 3 lety +78

      The trail of the century.

    • @collinbensinger7640
      @collinbensinger7640 Před 3 lety +20

      @@dontreadmydescription4473 ok

  • @mastercontender1782
    @mastercontender1782 Před 17 dny

    Sam i absolutely love your videos. And i appreciate the work you put in to entertain and educate. Hope things build and multiply for you my guy.

  • @dilloncrowe1018
    @dilloncrowe1018 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Everyone keeps going on about their wish to see the "President Assassins 2: He Killed McKinley Boogaloo".
    But I on the contrary, would love to see a video going over all the attempted assassinations on U.S. Presidents.
    From Richard Lawrence, the man who tried to assassinate Andrew Jackson and literally thought he was the King Of England, to John Hinckley, the man who shot and tried to kill Ronald Reagan to try and impress a movie actress.

  • @eckmann88
    @eckmann88 Před 4 lety +1392

    “Dear Garfield, I wrote you, but you still ain’t callin’.”

  • @s1nnocense
    @s1nnocense Před 3 lety +5115

    Not gonna lie, the letter to his brother was a sick burn.

  • @jasondeacon613
    @jasondeacon613 Před rokem +19

    Garfield's death is insane.
    A doctor called Doctor Doctor tried helping out.
    Physicians were proud of their bloody hands during operations and didn't wear gloves.
    He had more than 11 unclean fingers rummaging in his bullet hole.
    A.G. Bell invented a metal detector which picked up the bullet, the doctors disputed based on the trajectory, A.G. Bell felt like a failure and made a new "metal" detector, he was right the first time though.

  • @randomactsofepicness9280

    Watching this video again after seeing a production of the musical Assassins. His characterization in that show definitely lines up!

  • @OwlyFisher
    @OwlyFisher Před 4 lety +3045

    "the assassination nobody talks about"
    **talks about it**
    that would now be a lie, wouldn't it SAM

    • @bayareajokester9456
      @bayareajokester9456 Před 4 lety +44

      My name is nobody, I talk about the assassination all the time. Sam is telling the truth kids!

    • @umgansosoisso2384
      @umgansosoisso2384 Před 4 lety +7

      Sam is a liar confirmed

    • @OwlyFisher
      @OwlyFisher Před 4 lety +14

      @@bayareajokester9456 _you cheated the system, what a madlad_

    • @masterjbt
      @masterjbt Před 4 lety +1

      aw shucks

    • @llspidel
      @llspidel Před 4 lety +1

      😌 not true

  • @kodakgreen6047
    @kodakgreen6047 Před 3 lety +7478

    I have a set of silverware that has "oneida community" engraved on the underside from my great grandma...

  • @mr1sign925
    @mr1sign925 Před 10 měsíci +5

    7:26 “Local Man’s speech entirely inconsequential” lol

  • @generalgrievous714
    @generalgrievous714 Před rokem +8

    I fell asleep while watching and was awoken by “DAMN YOU GARFIEELD”
    Safe to say it was the scariest experience ive ever had

  • @swaggerdagger8976
    @swaggerdagger8976 Před 3 lety +4038

    Fun Fact: The gun was given to Smithsonian Institute, and ironically they lost it a little later

    • @arizonagreenbee
      @arizonagreenbee Před 2 lety +168

      How....how does one lose a gun???

    • @KosherPorky
      @KosherPorky Před 2 lety +162

      @@arizonagreenbee Ask the government.. they lose nukes all the time

    • @superleipoman
      @superleipoman Před 2 lety +222

      @@KosherPorky oopsie woopsie

    • @Houshalter
      @Houshalter Před 2 lety +87

      @@arizonagreenbee presumably stolen

    • @JazzyJazzzzzzzzzz
      @JazzyJazzzzzzzzzz Před 2 lety +101

      It appears that my firearm has indistinguishably disappeared from my property

  • @safir2241
    @safir2241 Před 4 lety +899

    “But the video ended up being way too long” Why is this bad? We love you so much sam

    • @elchun9661
      @elchun9661 Před 4 lety +5

      It's bad because it's been like 3 weeks since last video

    • @Sandul666
      @Sandul666 Před 4 lety +1

      @@froggyfan but Kreal is worth the wait lol!

    • @floweringwallpaper5994
      @floweringwallpaper5994 Před 4 lety +3

      He'll make more money w two ten minutes vids than one twenty, not persecuting him for that, he totally deserves it and I'm glad he's doing enough to keep the videos coming

    • @chudwick6516
      @chudwick6516 Před 4 lety

      He uplpads so rarely that i would prefer longer vids

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony Před 10 měsíci +4

    This video helped me pass a level 300 college course final on the presidency.

  • @scavorthespacecowboy2096
    @scavorthespacecowboy2096 Před rokem +18

    9:09 now I know my birthday is also the birthday of this goofy assassination. wow

  • @jespernygardberg9063
    @jespernygardberg9063 Před 3 lety +4503

    "What is the capital of Michigan"
    "M"

  • @wrdoro
    @wrdoro Před 3 lety +6895

    “They’d even have the middle aged woman train teen boys In the art of holding in the pelvic sneeze” excuse me what

    • @mikewiz3059
      @mikewiz3059 Před 3 lety +78

      O

    • @tlshortyshorty5810
      @tlshortyshorty5810 Před 3 lety +524

      Ara ara

    • @vidblogger12
      @vidblogger12 Před 3 lety +993

      Fun fact, Benjamin Franklin wrote to a male acquaintance that he should bang older women instead of younger ones.
      “...in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons. They are these:
      1. Because as they have more Knowledge of the World and their Minds are better stor'd with Observations, their Conversation is more improving and more lastingly agreable.
      2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn to do a 1000 Services small and great, and are the most tender and useful of all Friends when you are sick. Thus they continue amiable. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an old Woman who is not a good Woman.
      3. Because there is no hazard of Children, which irregularly produc'd may be attended with much Inconvenience.
      4. Because thro' more Experience, they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation. And with regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be rather inclin'd to excuse an old Woman who would kindly take care of a young Man, form his Manners by her good Counsels, and prevent his ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.
      5. Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.
      6. Because the Sin is less. The debauching a Virgin may be her Ruin, and make her for Life unhappy.
      7. Because the Compunction is less. The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend the making an old Woman happy.
      8thly and Lastly They are so grateful!!”

    • @pinkiebynx6051
      @pinkiebynx6051 Před 3 lety +246

      by teen i think they mean 18-19 year olds and not underage folks.

    • @eikosimino5579
      @eikosimino5579 Před 3 lety +80

      oniicha-

  • @anthonydiaz5149
    @anthonydiaz5149 Před 5 měsíci

    The writing is so good I love this channel 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @jaredrose2195
    @jaredrose2195 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The original saul goodman

  • @Skye_At_Home
    @Skye_At_Home Před 4 lety +4590

    This is why good mental health and parenting are extremely important.

  • @martif565
    @martif565 Před 4 lety +1884

    “What’s the Capital of Michigan?”
    “M”
    He’s technically not wrong though.
    1:08

  • @NoBzLikeJoeBz
    @NoBzLikeJoeBz Před rokem

    This was great thank you!

  • @Homeminboss
    @Homeminboss Před rokem +6

    3:46 because of the fact that no one read his newspaper, its extremely valuable

  • @andreacusack1105
    @andreacusack1105 Před 3 lety +9033

    Fun fact: while Garfield was still alive after the shooting, they recruited Alexander Graham Bell to help, after he had offered to test his prototype of an X-ray machine by finding the bullets lodged in the President’s body. Unfortunately, this was the 1800s when people put those horrible metal spring coil things in their mattresses, including Garfield’s bed, meaning the machine just buzzed constantly no matter where Bell tried it. Bell never forgave himself for the incident and gave up on perfecting the X-ray, thus delaying its development for a couple of decades.

  • @g_gamer3160
    @g_gamer3160 Před 3 lety +5064

    This feels like a walkthrough of bitlife.

  • @edwinkjellzahn
    @edwinkjellzahn Před 2 lety +3

    Fun fact: In 1881, the Oneida Community reformed into a fucking silverware company that is STILL AROUND TODAY.

  • @bigt7706
    @bigt7706 Před 2 lety +10

    4:59 this actually happened fairly often, the president _would_ give jobs to people who campaigned for them

  • @lukesumberg9182
    @lukesumberg9182 Před 4 lety +1891

    “S(he) lied”
    “He (Killed Garfield)”

    • @flo1140
      @flo1140 Před 4 lety +18

      But-but- bullets don't work!

    • @CatHerder327
      @CatHerder327 Před 4 lety +66

      S lied He

    • @moelestor8829
      @moelestor8829 Před 4 lety +23

      no one:
      14 year old girls: ;(

    • @QueerAndHunger
      @QueerAndHunger Před 4 lety +5

      😭😭😭😭😭 not Garfielddddd he's my favorite cartoon cattt- oh wait you didn't mean the lasagna loving feline? Then who the fuq did you mean!?

    • @AwesomeYena
      @AwesomeYena Před 4 lety +3

      Sliedhe

  • @The_Horizon
    @The_Horizon Před 3 lety +21388

    I mean at least he got some college student to make an edgy animation about him like 100 years later

    • @alexanderthomas1869
      @alexanderthomas1869 Před 3 lety +507

      He also got his own song in a Broadway musical.
      "Come all ye Christians
      And learn from a sinner:
      Charlie Guiteau
      Bound and determined
      He'd wind up a winner
      Charlie had dreams
      That he wouldn't let go
      Said, 'Nothing to it
      I want it, I'll do it
      I'm Charles J. Guiteau.'
      Charlie Guiteau
      Never said 'Never'
      Or heard the word 'No.'
      Faced with disaster
      His heart would beat faster
      His smile would just grow..."

    • @java6177
      @java6177 Před 3 lety +62

      Bro why are you here

    • @rouriepollard6099
      @rouriepollard6099 Před 3 lety +15

      @Леха Федотов s i r w h a t

    • @theentirestateofalaska.4983
      @theentirestateofalaska.4983 Před 3 lety +15

      Who are you?

    • @thatlad9431
      @thatlad9431 Před 3 lety +13

      I was gonna like, but I gotta keep it at 420 likes

  • @rbrown31j19z
    @rbrown31j19z Před 2 lety +2

    Wow…. Just wow. Very entertaining! Keep it up : )

  • @masonmcgrew9790
    @masonmcgrew9790 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I watched sam when i first joined the army 5 years later im still here learning obscure facts in a fun easy to digest and light hearted manner

  • @wofi784
    @wofi784 Před 3 lety +2761

    The irony is that William McKinley’s assassination could be said to be less talked about now that you didn’t include it in this video

    • @cpegg5840
      @cpegg5840 Před 3 lety +17

      And the assassin, Leon Czolgosz, got to sit in Old Sparky

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Před 3 lety +8

      @Paul Martin yeah what a joke channel. Could've told us the actual name of other one so we could research it ourselves. So much for a proclaimed "intellectual" and educational channel.

    • @exsa914
      @exsa914 Před 3 lety +231

      @@kishascape if you can’t come across it on your own and research it by yourself, then that’s a you problem

    • @lukeallen5714
      @lukeallen5714 Před 3 lety +69

      To be fair, Leon Czolgosz is not nearly as interesting as Giteau

    • @nassyl1
      @nassyl1 Před 3 lety +28

      @@lukeallen5714 That's some professional level humble spoon-feeding. You must run an orphanage or something.

  • @doofuslaw
    @doofuslaw Před 4 lety +743

    “His national infamy” *Nobody proceeds to talk about him for the rest of U.S. history*

    • @fuckoff5893
      @fuckoff5893 Před 4 lety +28

      Ayden Emge god is a funny guy

    • @perplacymp
      @perplacymp Před 4 lety +7

      Less complex method than the murderer of Her Highness Empress Charlotte of Austria who hanged himself after a jailer burned his secret autobiography.

    • @jundavinchi8591
      @jundavinchi8591 Před 4 lety +1

      Have you guys seen that trending funny video of that cart that was going in circles meanwhile nobody was in it?
      czcams.com/video/GfoAzgZOVJs/video.html

  • @Stranger90899
    @Stranger90899 Před rokem +2

    I always come back every month or so the rewatch his vids. I don't care that I've watched them 50 times over they are still funny as hell

  • @penned_dragon
    @penned_dragon Před 6 měsíci +1

    My professor started talking about the Oneida commune and I had flashbacks to this video. I’m seriously considering emailing it to him

  • @luvisgone48
    @luvisgone48 Před 4 lety +993

    “Only came with one down side, syphilis, whoops”

    • @alike03
      @alike03 Před 4 lety +11

      He didn't die from it. Soo, win I guess...

    • @digital107-_-
      @digital107-_- Před 4 lety +2

      Common mistake really

    • @theproplady
      @theproplady Před 4 lety

      I'll bet no one noticed that he'd come down with syphilis, since he acted no crazier than he did before he contracted it.

  • @SprunkCovers
    @SprunkCovers Před 4 lety +1687

    "Minister of Chile"
    Damn, as a Chilean, that could have been so damn insane, awesome

    • @tecnicovtr1311
      @tecnicovtr1311 Před 4 lety +31

      La media volaita

    • @MrDelightfulsong
      @MrDelightfulsong Před 4 lety +5

      Wena choro!

    • @Ro321chile
      @Ro321chile Před 4 lety +12

      Encuentro super bkn encontrar más Chilenos en este canal jajajajaj

    • @Renge401
      @Renge401 Před 4 lety +8

      Sabía que no era el único chileno que mira a este hueon. Es un genio. Saludos desde Temuco.

    • @pitbullfan1483
      @pitbullfan1483 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Ro321chile si jajaja y el otro wn que le volaron la cabeza y se vino a trabajar aqui en otro video del wn

  • @samuelakenova8065
    @samuelakenova8065 Před 7 měsíci

    8:18 That's a great Garfield impression there. Also the preceding line from John GetOut gave me a good laugh.

  • @gillybby4143
    @gillybby4143 Před 3 měsíci

    This is my all time favourite Sam O'Nella video. The first few times I watched it I legit forgot the end point of the video, this man's life was such a wild ride.

  • @soren6625
    @soren6625 Před 3 lety +2374

    He attended my high school. . . Wonder why he isn't on the board of notable alumni. . .

    • @picax8398
      @picax8398 Před 3 lety +32

      Oof

    • @Thedog-1-
      @Thedog-1- Před 3 lety +6

      @Paul Martin wat

    • @leighbelk769
      @leighbelk769 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Thedog-1- He ain’t wrong.

    • @cortex8239
      @cortex8239 Před 3 lety +8

      @@Thedog-1- Read idiot

    • @Thedog-1-
      @Thedog-1- Před 3 lety +13

      @@cortex8239 "read idiot" I've heard better insults in kindie

  • @andrewgust-anderson5612
    @andrewgust-anderson5612 Před 4 lety +4297

    SAM WE"RE STILL WAITING FOR THE OTHER ASSASSIN

  • @evegalvin7135
    @evegalvin7135 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Roasting eachother about your sins sounds like the most religious thing I've ever heard lol

  • @evilgardenfence7915
    @evilgardenfence7915 Před rokem

    So glad to see you back! Never ghost us again ok?

  • @skyty0
    @skyty0 Před 3 lety +17250

    I wrote a thesis on president Garfield a few years ago. His entire rise to fame is fucking wild. Here are a few highlights:
    - He never wanted to be president, ever.
    - He was a general in the civil war and was ready to retire, when Lincoln urged him over several months to become a member of congress in the house
    - He was ready to retire when a spot in the senate opened up, and almost every republican in the house and senate pushed for him to take the spot
    - After a few years, he was ready to retire as a senator, and was attending one of his last RNCs when he won the primary out of fucking nowhere. He did not run for president, nor was he interested. No one at the RNC liked either candidate, so some of them got together and decided to vote for Garfield, probably as a joke
    - When Garfield won the nomination, he was quoted as feeling "sickened and shocked," and did NOTHING to promote himself
    - Despite doing NOTHING, he won the presidential election a few months later
    - During his inauguration, he basically said the equivalent of "I never wanted to be president ever, not even once."
    Garfield's entire political career is fucking bonkers. The strangest part is that he was actually an incredibly well liked president during his short tenure, against all odds. I highly recommend anyone who's interested in him to do more research on him.

    • @abbieb8130
      @abbieb8130 Před 3 lety +2184

      That's a marvelous bit of background. Thanks for sharing.
      Intelligent people have said that the people most qualified to be president have no desire to be president.

    • @kauffner
      @kauffner Před 3 lety +1232

      As a U.S. senator from Ohio, Garfield gave speeches on behalf of Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman. Ohio was a must-win state, then as now. The delegates liked the speeches so much that they nominated Garfield instead of Sherman.

    • @secretlythreeducksinamansu3546
      @secretlythreeducksinamansu3546 Před 3 lety +594

      The people who should have power are the ones who do not want it.

    • @jackofsometrades6727
      @jackofsometrades6727 Před 3 lety +708

      @@secretlythreeducksinamansu3546 I disagree. Plenty of people who don't want power shouldn't have it either. It's people who desire ultimate power that ultimately should not have it.

    • @TheWorkshop298
      @TheWorkshop298 Před 3 lety +735

      Garfield:I don't wanna be president.
      God: President it is then.

  • @pastaroni8683
    @pastaroni8683 Před 3 lety +2893

    “A nice christian lady under 30 years old” is the 19th century equivalent to “18-22 year old boyfriend free girl”

    • @dirtegarbage
      @dirtegarbage Před 3 lety +214

      Im disappointed I know where thats from

    • @SincerelyYoursAK74
      @SincerelyYoursAK74 Před 3 lety +60

      True and honest

    • @olliegoria
      @olliegoria Před 3 lety +96

      you just had to bring him up, didnt you

    • @dirtegarbage
      @dirtegarbage Před 3 lety +62

      “Autistic sputtering” I will hunt you down you damn dirty trolls! This is war! “Shitty apache holler”

    • @baronvonbeandip
      @baronvonbeandip Před 3 lety +40

      Oooh, Chris reference. Classic

  • @sargentchef8092
    @sargentchef8092 Před rokem +9

    0:40 that's one thing my town's famous for

  • @tammynoble4121
    @tammynoble4121 Před 6 měsíci

    I had to do a little presentation about a famous court case in English class and this guy was on the list and I have never been more excited