vcczar Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Pres. Arthur (NY-R) went from complete unknown (outside of NY) to POTUS in 2 years. Arthur was known to only work like half a day, but part of that might be the disease that killed him not long after he left the presidency. His actions: Arthur, Chester A 1879 Becomes Chairman of NY GOP Party as a crony for Conkling Arthur, Chester A 1880 Works with Conkling in attempt to get NY to back Grant for 3rd non-consec term as pres Arthur, Chester A 1880 VP on Garfield's winning ticket to mollify Conkling and allies, despite Conkling urging Arthur to decline the job Arthur, Chester A 1881 Fails to get Garfield to add more NY stalwarts into admin Arthur, Chester A 1881 Becomes estranged from Garfield after making ill-advised speech on the close 1880 election result Arthur, Chester A 1881 Becomes President on Garfield's death; begins distancing self from Conkling Arthur, Chester A 1882 Does not appt Conkling as Sec of State as Conkling expected, but does appt many stalwarts Arthur, Chester A 1882 Vetoes Rivers and Harbors bill, but it is overridden. Arthur, Chester A 1882 Appts Horace Gray to the SC Arthur, Chester A 1882 Appts his old boss Conkling to the SC who is confirmed, but Conkling declines Arthur, Chester A 1882 Appts Samuel Blatchford to the SC, after both Conkling and Edmunds declined Arthur, Chester A 1882 Signs Edmunds Act, making polygamy a crime Arthur, Chester A 1882 Reluctantly Signs Chinese Exclusion Act Arthur, Chester A 1882 Signs Immigration Act of 1882 Arthur, Chester A 1882 Begins GOP policy (Lily White movement) of abandoning black GOPers, giving fed jobs to white southern indep Arthur, Chester A 1883 Reluctantly signs Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff) Arthur, Chester A 1883 Signs bill funding steel navy Arthur, Chester A 1883 Signs Pendleton Act to reform civil service, upsetting his stalwart allies Arthur, Chester A 1883 Publicly disagrees with SC striking down Civil Rights Act of 1875, but proposes nothing Arthur, Chester A 1884 Fails in bid to be renominated by his own party for a 2nd term. Arthur, Chester A 1885 Several trade treaties with Latin American nations are defeated Arthur, Chester A 1885 Signs Foran Act Arthur, Chester A 1885 Used executive order to allow US settlers to take land in Dakota Reservation Arthur, Chester A 1885 Declines pressure from NY allies to run for the US Senate after term expires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 There's not really a good reason for me to like him, but I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 23 minutes ago, Euri said: There's not really a good reason for me to like him, but I do I like him, but I don't favor him. We will be voting on James Baker soon, and I'm thoroughly impressed with James Baker, but I don't like his policies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Prior to reading all the actions, I was fully prepared to favor him solely for his longtime penpal friendship with Julia Sand and the Civil Service reform, but ultimately he went down a few pegs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 I love coming home from work or school and just voting on these. It’s just fun to me. Classic Vcczar poll of the day moments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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