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Tag Archives: Senator Roscoe Conkling
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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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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Chester Alan Arthur: The Dandy President
Nothing but the very best would satisfy Chester Alan Arthur. An Insignificant Upbringing Nothing in his background remotely suggested that Chester Alan Arthur (1829-86) would ever be president. Of course that could be said about many of our chief executives. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur
Tagged American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Chet Arthur, Ellen Herndon Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Louis Comfort TIffany, Mary McElroy, President Andrew Johnson, President Arthur redecorates the White House, President Chester Alan Arthur, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Roscoe Conkling, Senator Roscoe Conkling, The Tiffany Screen at the White House, US history, White House history
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Kate Sprague and Roscoe Conkling: Beauty and the Boss
Some of the juiciest gossip post-Civil War centered around NY Senator Roscoe Conkling and Kate Chase Sprague. Both were married, and the liaison was the stuff of scandal! The Beauty Kate Chase Sprague (1840-1899) was one of the best known … Continue reading
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Tagged America history, Chase son-in-law Sprague, Feather Schwartz Foster, Gov. Salmon P. Chase, history, Kate Chase, Kate Chase Sprague, Mary Lincoln, R.I. Gov. William Sprague, Roscoe Conkling, Salmon P. Chase, Sec. of the Treasury Chase, Senator Roscoe Conkling, Senator William Sprague, US history, William Sprague
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Chester Alan Arthur: A VEEP on Hold
Vice President Chester Alan Arthur became President following the assassination and death of James A. Garfield. CAA: The Basics Born in Vermont and raised in upstate New York, Chester Alan Arthur (183o-1886) was a preacher’s son who attended Union College, … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chester Alan Arthur, Chet Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James Garfield, President Chester Alan Arthur, President James Garfield, Presidential history, Roscoe Conkling, Senator Roscoe Conkling, Stalwarts and Half-Breeds, the assassination of JAmes Garfield, The election of 1880, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Chester Alan Arthur, White House history
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