Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president. But after a rejected office-seeker shot President James Garfield, reformers won ...

She thus created the first presidential library, setting the precedent for the collection of papers of the President for posterity. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur, however, burned most of ...

Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...

Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. Garfield would not survive his injuries, making his vice president, Chester A. Arthur, head of state. On Sept. 20, 1881, then-Vice President Arthur ...

5, 2020 6:14 a.m. The words in these letters spoke volumes. Julia Sand wrote to then-vice president Chester A. Arthur, who would become the 21st president of the United States, offering advice on ...

Bush and Chester A. Arthur, who tied for 12th-worst, among the nation's 45 former commanders in chief. President Donald Trump is the third-worst president overall, according to U.S. News’ most ...