tell me about president arthur

>>2742374
there was a president arthur?

>>2742374

The Pendelton Civil Service Reform Act was bretty gud

>>2742374
literally who

>>2742374
post-Civil War presidents hardly did anything until McKinley

>Journalist Alexander McClure later wrote, "No man ever entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted as Chester Alan Arthur, and no one ever retired ... more generally respected, alike by political friend and foe."[3] Although his failing health and political temperament combined to make his administration less active than a modern presidency, he earned praise among contemporaries for his solid performance in office. The New York World summed up Arthur's presidency at his death in 1886: "No duty was neglected in his administration, and no adventurous project alarmed the nation."[4] Mark Twain wrote of him, "[I]t would be hard indeed to better President Arthur's administration."
Seems like he was a decent president during his time, especially being able to keep things in order after the assassination of Garfield.

Oh he was a big guy

>>2742374

Didn't he get shot?

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>>2742374
>Literally run as the corrupt candidate openly working for a political machine in Chicago under JP Morgan
>anyone who is anyone knows this, Alan especially
>still gets elected
>does a 360 degree turn an betrays his corporate interests, speaking openly against corruption
>passed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act which cracked down on political machine in the US
>get sick an become a memorable 1 term president
>no one remembers this incredible story

He's was a man of very good character, like an anti-hero who learns the error of his ways then radically changes for the better.

>>2745149
No that was James Garfield the man before him

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Based

>Get into office because of corruption and machines
>become vp
>president gets killed by jilted office seeker
>become pres
>press for civil service reform from the most unlikely position imaginable
>Help build the US Navy into a modern force

One of my favorite Republican presidents, along with Lincoln, Ike and TR