His last words to his chief of staff, David G. Swaim:

Oh Swaim, there is a pain here. Swaim, can't you stop this? Oh, oh, Swaim!


As quoted in "The Last Hours", Life of President Garfield: The Complete Record of a Wonderful Career (1881), by William Ralston Balch, p. 573.

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James A. Garfield Quotes

Oh Swaim, there is a pain here. Swaim, can't you stop this? Oh, oh, Swaim!

Oh Swaim, there is a pain here. Swaim, can't you stop this? Oh, oh, Swaim!

Oh Swaim, there is a pain here. Swaim, can't you stop this? Oh, oh, Swaim!

Oh Swaim, there is a pain here. Swaim, can't you stop this? Oh, oh, Swaim!