PoliticalChic
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Today is the birthday of the 21st President, 1830....Chester A. Arthur....he succeeded James A. Garfield upon the latter's assassination.
Lots of interesting things about Chet....
1. He was a Republican...I'll get to why that's important.
2. He was born 30 years before the first Republican was elected.
3. He was a Phi Beta Kappa honoree....but I'll bet the Democrats said he was 'stoooopid'...it's what they claim about every Republican.
4. Born in Vermont...but his point of election was New York....one of six US Presidents.
5. On January 16, 1883, he signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act, making civil service less a political plum.
6. As a young lawyer, he defended Lizzie Jennings, a black woman who had been thrown off a NYC horse-drawn carriage due to her color
This was waaaaay before Rosa Parks, but it documents the imtimate relationship between Republicans and civil rights.
From the start!
Elizabeth Jennings Graham (March 1827 – June 8, 1901) was an African-American teacher and civil rights figure.
In 1854, Graham insisted on her right to ride on an available New York City streetcar, at a time when all such companies were private and most operated segregated cars. Her case was decided in her favor in 1855, and it led to the eventual desegregation of all New York City transit systems by 1865.
Elizabeth Jennings Graham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lots of interesting things about Chet....
1. He was a Republican...I'll get to why that's important.
2. He was born 30 years before the first Republican was elected.
3. He was a Phi Beta Kappa honoree....but I'll bet the Democrats said he was 'stoooopid'...it's what they claim about every Republican.
4. Born in Vermont...but his point of election was New York....one of six US Presidents.
5. On January 16, 1883, he signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act, making civil service less a political plum.
6. As a young lawyer, he defended Lizzie Jennings, a black woman who had been thrown off a NYC horse-drawn carriage due to her color
This was waaaaay before Rosa Parks, but it documents the imtimate relationship between Republicans and civil rights.
From the start!
Elizabeth Jennings Graham (March 1827 – June 8, 1901) was an African-American teacher and civil rights figure.
In 1854, Graham insisted on her right to ride on an available New York City streetcar, at a time when all such companies were private and most operated segregated cars. Her case was decided in her favor in 1855, and it led to the eventual desegregation of all New York City transit systems by 1865.
Elizabeth Jennings Graham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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