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Chet Arthur Steps Up (1881)

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This chapter delves into Chester Arthur's unexpected rise to the presidency after James Garfield's assassination in 1881. It examines the skepticism surrounding Arthur's qualifications and his enduring, albeit lesser-known, legacy among his Gilded Age contemporaries.

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