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1881-1885 Chester A. Arthur
Arthur supported the Civil Service Reform Act (1883) which was designed to limit the spoils system, under which political supporters got government posts. About his private life: Would anyone have listened to any young woman if Chester A. Arthur would have had a casual affair with her?
21 Chester A. Arthur Born: October 5, 1829, Fairfield, Vermont. Died: November 18, 1886. Party: Republican. Age when inaugurated: 51. Term: 1881-1885. Arthur was unknown before being elected, but surprised people by being honest and responsible. He helped create the Civil Service. Famous Fact: As a lawyer, Arthur defended a black woman who had been abused on a streetcar. He won the case, which led the streetcar companies to integrate.(Source: scholasticnetwork.com)
1George Washington, 2John Adamsl, 3Thomas Jefferson, 4James Madison, 5James Monroe, 6John Quincy Adams, 7Andrew Jackson, 8Martin Van Buren,9William H Harrison,10John Tyler,11James K Polk, 12Zachary Taylor, 13Millard Fillmore,14Franklin Pierce,15James Buchanan,16Abraham Lincoln, 17Andrew Johnson, 18Ulysses S Grant,19Rutherford B Hayes, 20James A Garfield, 21Chester A. Arthur, 22Grover Cleveland,23Benjamin Harrison, 24Grover Cleveland, 25William McKinley,26Theodore Roosevelt, 27William H. Taft,28Woodrow Wilson, 29Warren G. Harding,30Calvin Coolidge,31Herbert Hoover,32Franklin D Roosevelt,33Harry S. Truman, 34Dwight D Eisenhower,35John F Kennedy, 36Lyndon B Johnson, 37RichardN. Nixon, 38Gerald R Ford, 39James E Carter,40Ronald W. Reagan, 41George HerbertW. Bush, 42Bill Clinton, 43George Walker Bush 44 Barack H. Obama
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