On November 2, John A. Garfield of Ohio is elected the twentieth President of the U.S. but is assassinated the following year. Vice President Governor Chester A. Arthur, the former Governor of New York, becomes the twenty-first President.
President Lincoln is assassinated on April 14 in Washington, D.C.. The following day Vice President Andrew Johnson (Tennessee) becomes the seventeenth U.S. President.
The New York City Draft Riots erupt on July 13 and continue until July 16. An estimated 2,000 people are killed before U.S. troops restored order. This is the worst urban insurrection in the nation's history.
