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02303aam a2200385 i 4500 001 52937C70524811EB9908E9352EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210109010009 008 191122s2019 dcua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2018278331 020 $a 1621575950 020 $a 9781621575955 035 $a (OCoLC)1119985886 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d OCLCF $d B@L $d QQ3 $d OCLCO $d CMI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E692 $b .P34 2019 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Pafford, John M. $q (John Monroe), $e author. 245 10 $a Chester A. Arthur : $b the accidental president / $c John M. Pafford. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b Regnery History, $c [2019] 300 $a x, 214 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-206) and index. 520 $a Chester Alan Arthur, surely our unlikeliest president, may have been saved from complete obscurity only by the mutton-chop whiskers that stand out among the full-bearded visages of late-nineteenth-century presidents. But as this highly readable portrait of Arthur and his age reveals, dutys unexpected call turned the quintessential patronage politician into a statesman who skillfully guided Americas first steps on the road to becoming a world power. No one is likely to follow Arthurs path to the White House again. A product of the spoils system that once governed the federal civil service, Arthur had been rewarded for his loyalty to the Republican machine with the most lucrative patronage position in the countrycustoms collector of the Port of New York. And though his career was cut short by a fatal disease diagnosed after his first year in office, his quiet prudence and devotion to duty earned him the respect of his contemporaries and an honored place among American presidents. 600 10 $a Arthur, Chester Alan, $d 1829-1886. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1865-1898. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 4 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305020452.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20230214011752.0 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20220806010659.0 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20210611010253.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=52937C70524811EB9908E9352EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IW3Initiate Another SILO Locator Search