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Jedediah Hyde Baxter

 * ... that when U.S. President James A. Garfield was assassinated in 1881, his personal physician was out of town and unavailable to treat his gunshot wound?
 * Comment: Not a self-nom. --PFHLai (talk) 19:16, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Not a self-nom. --PFHLai (talk) 19:16, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Created by Billmckern (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 19:16, 11 August 2013 (UTC).


 * *Symbol voting keep.svg Everything checks out. The article is very well sourced, and I've only made a few minor edits. I'm a bit concerned about the hook, though. When I first read it, I wondered why he was expected to treat a dead man's wound. How about clarifying that Garfield was not killed immediately, but shot at or wounded? Surtsicna (talk) 09:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)