Chester A. Arthur 1829- 1886
Republican
First Lady Ellen Lewis Herndon
Vice President- none
Chester A. Arthur became President following Garfield's assassination. The parties were split and the Congress was involved in a horrible deadlock. Arthur did get the Pendleton Civil Serc=vice act which required people to take tests for government jobs rather then have them handed out as government favors.
Chester A. Arthur quotes:
I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.
Chester A. Arthur
Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damn business.
Chester A. Arthur
Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.
Chester A. Arthur
The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.
Chester A. Arthur
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