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Category Archives: Chester Arthur
The Presidents and the Exes: Part II
Money, Corruption, Business, Reconstruction, Immigration… The thirty years leading to the Twentieth Century presented opportunities and problems our Founders would have never imagined! Railroads were crisscrossing the country in a week. Industry was booming. New inventions like electric light and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, James Garfield, Rutherford Hayes, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Benjamin Harrison, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, history, James A. Garfield, President Andrew Johnson, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleveland, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, US history, Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley
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Chester Alan Arthur’s Deadly Secret
The Private Chester Alan Arthur Most of our Presidents were unquestionably ambitious for the office. Some more than others. But Chester Alan Arthur (1829-86), Vermont-born and upstate New York raised, was never interested in elected office. His ambitions lay in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, James Garfield, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Assassination of Garfield, Bright's Disease, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chester Alan Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur NY Quartermaster, Collector of the Port of New York, Elizabeth Jenning Graham NY Governor Edwin D. Morgan, Ellen Herndon, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, NY senator Roscoe Conkling, President Chester A. Arthur, President James Garfield, Presidential history, Senator Roscoe Conkling, the assassination of Garfield, US history, Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, White House history
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General Grant’s Last Escort
Serving as a pallbearer is the most unselfish “good deed” someone can do for another. The deceased can never return the favor. The Great General Ulysses S. Grant was not born to anything even remotely connected with fame or renown … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Admiral David Porter, American history, Col. Frederick D. Grant, CSA General Joseph E. Johnston, CSA General Simon B. Buckner, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Julia Dent, Gen. John A. Logan, General Grant and cancer, General Philip Sheridan, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, George S. Childs, Grant's funeral procession, history, Julia Grant, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleeland, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, Treasury Secretary George S. Boutwell, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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POTUS Chet Arthur: Private Civil Rights Advocate
Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President, was one of our most private Presidents. The Making of a Private Man Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) was born in Vermont, and raised in upstate New York. His father a farmer-minister, was far from cosmopolitan. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, James Garfield, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, American Vice Presidents, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur NY Quartermaster, Elizabeth Jenning Graham NY Governor Edwin D. Morgan, Feather Schwartz Foster, H.C.C.Atwood, history, James A. Garfield, Mifflin W. Gibbs, NY senator Roscoe Conkling, P.B.S.P:inchback, President CAA, President Chester A. Arthur, President Chester Alan Arthur, Presidential history, Senator Blanche K. Bruce, Senator Roscoe Conkling, the assassination of Garfield, US history, Vice Presidential history, White House history
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The Great White Jail
“The White House is the finest prison in the world.” Harry S Truman. The White House Paradox The White House, or the Executive Mansion, is undoubtedly the finest residence the country has to offer the President of the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Calvin Coolidge, Chester Arthur, George Washington, Grover Cleveland, Harry S Truman, James Buchanan, James K. Polk, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady History, Frances Folsom Cleveland, George Washington, Grover Cleveland, Harry Truman, history, James Buchanan, John Adams, Julia Grant, MArtha Washington, Presidential families, Presidential history, The Executive Mansion, The White House, US history, White House history
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G.P.A. Healy and the Portraits of Presidents
The Young Artist George Peter Alexander (usually known as G.P.A.) Healy was definitely born poor in 1813 to Irish immigrants in Boston. A bit late to his calling, he was sixteen when he first picked up a brush, but the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Chester Arthur, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, James K. Polk, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American artist G.P.A. Healy, American artist Jane Stuart, American history, Charles Willson Peale, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Sarah Polk, Former President John Q. Adams, G.P.A. Healy, GIlbert Stuart, Healy painting of The Peacemakers, history, King Louis Philippe of France, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Jackson, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Franklin Pierce, President James Buchanan, President James K. Polk, President John Tyler, President Millard Fillmore, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Robert Todd Lincoln, US history, White House history
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New York: Mother of VEEPS
New York can boast being home to ELEVEN Vice Presidents! The Old Guys… In the early days of our country, a geopolitical balance between the President and Vice President was considered important – at least in vote-getting accommodation. With only … Continue reading
Posted in Chester Arthur, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Aaron Burr, American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Daniel Tompkins, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Clinton, history, James Sherman, Levi P. Morton, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Aaron Burr, VP Chester Alan Arthur, VP Daniel Tompkins, VP George Clinton, VP James Sherman, VP Levi P Morton, VP Martin Van Buren, VP Millard Fillmore, VP Nelson A. Rockefeller, VP Theodore Roosevelt, VP William Wheeler, William Wheeler
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Blaine, Burchard and Belshazzar: 1884
James G. Blaine was one of the more charismatic Republicans of the 19th Century. Blaine: A Brief Bio James Gillespie Blaine (1830-93) was Pennsylvania born and raised, but once married, moved to Maine. A sometime journalist, he purchased a newspaper … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, James Garfield, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Plumed Knight", American history, Belshazzar's Feast, Chester Alan Arthur, Credit Mobilier scandal, Democrat Grover Cleveland, Feather Schwartz Foster, Grover Cleveland, history, James G. Blaine, James Garfield, NY Governor Grover Cleveland, Presidential campaign history, Republican Candidate Blaine, Rev. Samuel Burchard, rum romanism and rebellion, Samuel Burchard, Senator James Gillespie Blaine, Speaker of the House James G. Blaine, the Gilded Age, The Presidential campaign of 1884, US history
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The Presidents of New York
Virginia and Ohio claim to be Mother of Presidents – but NY claims 7 unique sons! Three Who Re-Upped the Third Party Way #8, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was a New Yorker from the border of the Catskill and Adirondack … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, history, James Garfield, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Martin Van Buren, President Millard Fillmore, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, The American Party, the Bull Moose Party, The Democratic Party, The Democratic-Republicans, The Free Soil Party, The Know-Nothing party, The Progressive Party, The Republican Party, The Whig Party, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor
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Grover Cleveland: The Media Loathe-Affair
The press never disliked Grover Cleveland…but The Beginning of Loathe …Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), prior to, during, and after his presidency, positively loathed the “ghouls of the press” as he called them. A very conservative Democrat, Cleveland was urged by citizens … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Cleveland's White House wedding, Feather Schwartz Foster, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland's illegitimate child, history, Maria Halpin, President Chester A. Arthur, President Cleveland's cancer surgery, President Cleveland's honeymoon, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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