The Presidencies Of James A Garfield And Chester A Arthur
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The Presidencies Of James A Garfield And Chester A Arthur
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Author : Justus D. Doenecke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Presidencies Of James A Garfield And Chester A Arthur written by Justus D. Doenecke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
The Presidencies Of James A Garfield Chester A Arthur
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Author : Justus D. Doenecke
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 1981
The Presidencies Of James A Garfield Chester A Arthur written by Justus D. Doenecke and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the first single volume to focus on the presidencies of both James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. Drawing from a host of studies on the foreign and domestic policies of the nation during the Gilded Age, as well as from his own primary research, the author presents a somewhat revisionist look at Garfield and Arthur—revisionist in that he gives the reader a renewed appreciation of both men. Far from being cynical spoilsmen or naive incompetents, individuals whose presidencies provide studies in ineptitude, Garfield and Arthur emerge as men of considerable ability. While making no claims of greatness, Doenecke maintains that each was a significant transitional figure, playing a crucial role as the institution of the presidency moved from the weak leadership of Andrew Johnson to the forceful direction of Theodore Roosevelt. According to Doenecke, Garfield saw the office of chief executive primarily in administrative terms, and his great battle was over keeping the power of appointment in his own hands. His victory over the Stalwarts enhanced both the power and prestige of the office. His knowledge of how government worked was unmatched; long before Woodrow Wilson made his mark, Garfield was "the scholar in politics." The diplomacy of Secretary of State James G. Blaine comes under critical scrutiny. Doenecke evaluates his performance in the Chile-Peru War (War of the Pacific), the Guatemala-Mexico dispute, the isthmian-canal issue, Irish-American activities in Britain, and efforts to secure markets in Korea. ,br>Garfield was assassinated less than six months after he entered office; he had yet to be tested on major issues of public policy. Chester A. Arthur was ill prepared to be chief executive, was in poor health much of the time while he was in office, and was faced with a hopelessly divided party. Nevertheless, he was one of the nation's great political surprises. His administration pioneered in the development of the navy, sought foreign markets for American surpluses, fostered civil-service reform, and pressed for a scientific tariff. Doenecke devotes one chapter to the spoils system and the background to the Pendleton Act, one to Arthur's strategy regarding the South, and then offers an in-depth analysis of diplomacy during Arthur's tenure. During the presidencies of Garfield and Arthur, the United States attempted to intervene in a war between Chile and Peru, sought to turn Nicaragua into a protectorate, supplied leading advisers to Madagascar and Korea, and took a major part in the Congo conference of 1884. In examining these activities, even while pointing to uncoordinated statecraft and inept diplomacy, Doenecke challenges the long-held view that, from 1881 to 1885, the nation was withdrawn and insular. His fresh perspective on the Garfield and Arthur years will be of considerable interest to historians of the Gilded Age.
Lives Of James A Garfield And Chester A Arthur
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Author : Homer H. Swaney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
Lives Of James A Garfield And Chester A Arthur written by Homer H. Swaney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Presidents categories.
James A Garfield
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Author : Ira Rutkow
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2006-05-30
James A Garfield written by Ira Rutkow and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics—only to be felled by an assassin's bullet and to die at the hands of his doctors James A. Garfield was one of the Republican Party's leading lights in the years following the Civil War. Born in a log cabin, he rose to become a college president, Union Army general, and congressman—all by the age of thirty-two. Embodying the strive-and-succeed spirit that captured the imagination of Americans in his time, he was elected president in 1880. It is no surprise that one of his biographers was Horatio Alger. Garfield's term in office, however, was cut tragically short. Just four months into his presidency, a would-be assassin approached Garfield at the Washington, D.C., railroad station and fired a single shot into his back. Garfield's bad luck was to have his fate placed in the care of arrogant physicians who did not accept the new theory of antisepsis. Probing the wound with unwashed and occasionally manure-laden hands, Garfield's doctors introduced terrible infections and brought about his death two months later. Ira Rutkow, a surgeon and historian, offers an insightful portrait of Garfield and an unsparing narrative of the medical crisis that defined and destroyed his presidency. For all his youthful ambition, the only mark Garfield would make on the office would be one of wasted promise.
Chester Alan Arthur
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Author : Zachary Karabell
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2004-06-21
Chester Alan Arthur written by Zachary Karabell and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him Chester Alan Arthur never dreamed that one day he would be president of the United States. A successful lawyer, Arthur had been forced out as the head of the Custom House of the Port of New York in 1877 in a power struggle between the two wings of the Republican Party. He became such a celebrity that he was nominated for vice president in 1880-despite his never having run for office before. Elected alongside James A. Garfield, Arthur found his life transformed just four months into his term, when an assassin shot and killed Garfield, catapulting Arthur into the presidency. The assassin was a deranged man who thought he deserved a federal job through the increasingly corrupt "spoils system." To the surprise of many, Arthur, a longtime beneficiary of that system, saw that the time had come for reform. His opportunity came in the winter of 1882-83, when he pushed through the Pendleton Act, which created a professional civil service and set America on a course toward greater reforms in the decades to come. Chester Arthur may be largely forgotten today, but Zachary Karabell eloquently shows how this unexpected president-of whom so little was expected-rose to the occasion when fate placed him in the White House. "By exploring the Gilded Age's parallels with our own divisive political scene, Karabell does an excellent job of cementing the volume's relevance for contemporary readers. " - Publishers Weekly
Hayes Garfield Arthur And Cleveland
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Author : Richard Steins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Hayes Garfield Arthur And Cleveland written by Richard Steins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Presidents categories.
Discusses the political lives and times of Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland (1st term), their administrations, and the events which occurred during their tenures.
Biographical Sketches Of Gen L James A Garfield And Gen L Chester An Arthur Republican Nominees For The Presidency And Vice Presidency Of The United States Classic Reprint
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Author : David Jenkins Nevin
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-08-30
Biographical Sketches Of Gen L James A Garfield And Gen L Chester An Arthur Republican Nominees For The Presidency And Vice Presidency Of The United States Classic Reprint written by David Jenkins Nevin and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-30 with Political Science categories.
Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of Gen'l James A. Garfield and Gen'l Chester An; Arthur, Republican Nominees for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States The General says that two reasons were instrumental in caus ing him to abandon the canal. One was his mother, and the other was the ague cake in his side. He had worked but a short time when he began to feel the ague in his system, and it finally assumed a very serious form. His money fell into the water, and diving after it, the thorough wetting which followed increased his disease. The next day's warm sun dried his clothes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Assassination Of James A Garfield
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Author : Robert Kingsbury
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2001-12-15
The Assassination Of James A Garfield written by Robert Kingsbury and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-15 with History categories.
Examines one of America's lesser-known presidents, his assassination, and the life of Charles Guiteau, who killed him.
The Story Of Garfield
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Author : William G. Rutherford
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-01-23
The Story Of Garfield written by William G. Rutherford and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This classic text is a definitive biography of the Americn president.
The Life And Work Of James A Garfield
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Author : John Clark Ridpath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Life And Work Of James A Garfield written by John Clark Ridpath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Dummies (Bookselling) categories.