Chester Alan Arthur The American Presidents Series: the 21st President, 1881-1885

Name: Chester Alan Arthur The American Presidents Series: the 21st President, 1881-1885
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ISBN: 9780805069518

ISBN-10: 0805069518

ISBN-13: 9780805069518

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Zachary Karabell, Arthur M. Schlesinger

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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.'…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 6/21/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is renowned as a historian, a public intellectual, & a political activist. He served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1946 for "The Age of Jackson" & in 1966 for "A Thousand Days," & in 1998 was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City.



Editor's Note



A Man of Some Importance



The Early Life of Chet



Onto the National Stage



To the White House



"Chet Arthur? President of the United States? Good God!"



A New House and an Eventful Year



Reform



Travels, Tariffs, and Travails



The Final Days


Epilogue: The Gentleman President


Milestones


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index