Chester Alan Arthur

The Resource Chester Alan Arthur
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Chester Alan Arthur
Statement of responsibility
Zachary Karabell
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Chester Alan Arthur never dreamed that one day he would be president of the United States. A successful lawyer, Arthur had been forced out as the head of the Custom House of the Port of New York in 1877 in a power struggle between the two wings of the Republican Party. He became such a celebrity that he was nominated for vice president in 1880 -- despite his never having run for office before. Elected alongside James A. Garfield, Arthur found his life transformed just four months into his term, when an assassin shot and killed Garfield, catapulting Arthur into the presidency. The assassin was a deranged man who thought he deserved a federal job through the increasingly corrupt "spoils system." To the surprise of many, Arthur, a longtime beneficiary of that system, saw that the time had come for reform. His opportunity came in the winter of 1882-83, when he pushed through the Pendleton Act, which created a professional civil service and set America on a course toward greater reforms in the decades to come
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Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 973.84/092
  • B
Illustrations
portraits
Index
index present
Intended audience
Ages 14-18
LC call number
E692
LC item number
.K37 2004
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
The American presidents series
Target audience
adolescent

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