Description When President James Garfield was shot in 1881, nobody expected Vice President Chester A.
For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and the vast.
Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling.
Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A.
Arthur to become a strong and effective president, a courageous anti-corruption reformer, and an early civil rights advocate.
Description When President James Garfield was shot in 1881, nobody expected Vice President Chester A