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James Garfield (20th)

  • 1881 Half-Breed Republican

•Served only 200 days (March 4th, 1881- September 19th, 1881) ;shot by Charles Guiteau on July 2nd, 1881

•Only sitting Representative from the House of Reps. to be elected President

•An Ohio State Senator who supported antislavery and opposed Southern Confederate secession

•Believed the spoils system was dangerous and damaging to the White House; other matters seemed more important

Rutherford B. Hayes (19th)

•1877-1881 Republican

•Won the election against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden in the Compromise of 1877: Hayes won but he could not run for re-election and had to remove federal troops from Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina... As soon as the troops left, democrats took control of the local governments

•Vetoed the Bland-Allison Act: Hayes did not want to raise prices with silver circulation

•First President to visit the west coast while in office: San Francisco, September 8th, 1880

Chester Arthur (21st)

•1881-1885 Stalwart Republican

•Widely distrusted: was the VP of Garfield (Half-Breed Republican) who was assassinated by Charles Guiteau (Stalwart Republican)

•Garfield's cabinet members did not work well with Arthur: many resigned and were replaced mostly with Stalwarts like Arthur.

•Advocated for and enforced the Pendleton Civil Service Reform: a fairer way to award government jobs

•Served without a VP and political opponents questioned his citizenship and accused him of being born in Canada

The

Forgettable

Presidents

Ulysses S. Grant (18th)

•1869-1877 Republican

•Leader of the Radical Republicans; their goal: eliminate all traces of slavery and Confederate nationalism; freed his slave, William Jones, rather than sell him for desperately needed money

•First President to establish Civil Service reform: created a two-year federally funded Civil Service Commission in 1871

•Helped pass the 15th amendment: gave African American citizens the right to vote

•Corruption ran rampant and he had no idea; right under his nose with William Belknap (Sec. Of War who used trader ships for personal gain)

All those

old geezers

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•1885-1889 and 1893-1897 Democrat

•Only President to serve two nonconsecutive terms (won popular vote, lost electoral vote)

•Only Democrat to be elected during the era of Republican domain from the late 1860's to early 1900's

•Fought political corruption and was an icon for conservatism.

•Intervened in the Pullman Strike of 1894: called in federal troops to stop Eugene V. Debs and the American Railway Union in their strike against the Pullman Palace Car Co.

•1889-1893 Republican

•Grandson of President William Henry Harrison: 9th president who held office for only 32 days

•Passed the McKinley Tariff: raised duty on imports to about fifty percent, to protect American industries from foreign competition

•Passed the Sherman Antitrust Act: promotes competition in business and allows the federal government to investigate trusts, companies, and organizations suspected violating the act

•Known by some as the “human iceberg”: very formal and stiff

Grover Cleveland (22nd & 24th)

Benjamin Harrison (23rd)

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