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2004 UDA Chester A. Arthur Cut Auto Autograph Cuts 1/3
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You are bidding on a super rare Upper Deck 2004 SP Legendary Cuts Autograph card of President Chester A. Arthur numbered 1/3. I have never seen the two other cards, they are more than likely in private collections. This card is in excellent condition and all four corners are sharp. Buyer is to pay $15.00 for shipping and insurance. I gladly accept Paypal or money order and cashiers checks, sorry no personal checks. Good Luck bidding everyone and thanks for looking! Presidency 1881-1885 Assumption of office Arthur being administered the oath of office as President by Judge John R. Brady at his home in New York City after President Garfield's death, September 20 , 1881 .President Arthur took the oath of office twice. The first time was just past midnight at his Lexington Avenue residence on September 20 by New York Supreme Court justice John R. Brady; the second time was upon his return to Washington two days later. PoliciesArthur was aware of the factions and rivalries of the Republican Party, as well as the controversies of cronyism versus civil service reform. Entering the presidency, Arthur believed that the only way to garner the nation's approval was to be independent from both factions. Arthur determined to go his own way once in the White House . He wound up replacing every member of Garfield's Cabinet except for Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln . He became a man of fashion in his manner of dress and in his associates; he was often seen with the elite of Washington, D.C. , New York city and Newport. To the indignation of the Stalwarts, the onetime Collector of the Port of New York became, as President, a champion of civil service reform. In 1883, Congress passed the Pendleton Act, which established a bipartisan Civil Service Commission which stopped big businesses from giving out rebates and pooling with other companies, forbade levying political assessments against officeholders, and provided for a "classified system" that made certain government positions obtainable only through competitive written examinations. The system protected employees against removal for political reasons. Chester A. Arthur official White House portraitActing independently of party dogma, Arthur also tried to lower tariff rates so the government would not be embarrassed by annual surpluses of revenue. Congress raised about as many rates as it trimmed, but Arthur signed the Tariff Act of 1883 anyway. Aggrieved Westerners and Southerners looked to the Democratic Party for redress, and the tariff began to emerge as a major political issue between the two parties. The Arthur Administration enacted the first general Federal immigration law . Arthur approved a measure in 1882 excluding paupers , criminals, and the mentally ill. Congress also suspended Chinese immigration for ten years with the Chinese Exclusion Act , later making the restriction permanent. In 1884, the International Meridian Conference was held in Washington at President Arthur's behest. This established the Greenwich Meridian which is still in use today. President Arthur demonstrated that he was above not only factions within the Republican Party , but possibly the party itself. Perhaps, in part, he felt able to do this because of the well-kept secret he had known since a year after he succeeded to the Presidency, that he was suffering from Bright's Disease , a fatal kidney disease. This accounted for his failure to aggressively seek the Republican nomination for President in 1884. Nevertheless, Arthur was the last incumbent President to submit his name for renomination and fail to obtain it. Arthur sought a full term as President in 1884 , but lost the Republican party's presidential nomination to former Speaker of the House and Secretary of State James G. Blaine of Maine . Blaine, however, lost the election to Democrat Grover Cleveland of New York . Significant events during presidency Standard Oil Trust (1882) Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Pendleton Civil Service Reform Ac...
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