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Chester A. Arthur

1829–1886

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Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) was the 21st President of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885 after the assassination of James A. Garfield. A former New York lawyer and political machine insider, he surprised contemporaries by championing civil service reform, notably the Pendleton Act, and modernizing the Navy. His presidency marked a shift from patronage to merit-based governance, though he failed to secure the Republican nomination for a second term.

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State of the Union Address 1881
State of the Union Address 1882
State of the Union Address 1883
State of the Union Address 1884
Veto Message of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Speech on Civil Service Reform (1883)

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