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Death by Lightning(2025)

  • TV show
  • November 6, 2025
  • 53 min per episode
  • TV-MA
  • 1 season
  • 4 episodes
  • Ended
  • Last aired: November 6, 2025
  • Drama, Crime
7.3TMDB · 97 votes
7.7IMDb

Created by: Mike Makowsky

The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.

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Cast

  • Michael Shannon

    Michael Shannon

    James Garfield

  • Matthew Macfadyen

    Matthew Macfadyen

    Charles Guiteau

  • Nick Offerman

    Nick Offerman

    Chester A. Arthur

  • Shea Whigham

    Shea Whigham

    Roscoe Conkling

  • Bradley Whitford

    Bradley Whitford

    James Blaine

  • Betty Gilpin

    Betty Gilpin

    Crete Garfield

  • Alfie Tempest

    Alfie Tempest

    Irvin Garfield

  • Anders Grundberg

    Anders Grundberg

    Abram Garfield

  • Dylan Hughes

    Dylan Hughes

    Jim Garfield Jr.

  • Jack Alldridge

    Jack Alldridge

    Harry Garfield

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