Chester A Arthur Experiences
The opening of china to the commerce of the whole world has benefited no section of it more than the states of our own pacific slope.
Chester a arthur experiences. In 1881 chester a. The fifth of eight children chester had six sisters and one older brother. A cog in the new york party machine upon his presidency arthur revealed an. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of.
Six months after his inauguration garfield was assassinated. Arthur 21st president of the united states 1881 85. In 1878 president rutherford b. Elected vice president on the republican ticket of 1880 arthur acceded to the presidency upon the assassination of president james a.
People in the 1870s 1880s and 1890s hadn t forgotten their civil war experiences not even the presidents of the united states. In 1845 young arthur entered union college in schenectady as a sophomore. Arthur is president now declared james garfield s assassin. Hayes attempted to reform the patronage system and ousted chester a.
Before beginning school in union village now greenwich new york he studied the fundamentals of reading and writing at home. As payback conklin arranged for arthur to be on the republican ticket with presidential nominee james a.