On September 20, 1881 he became the 4th VP to succeed to the presidency upon the death of the incumbent
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Free Flashcards about U.S. PRESIDENT - StudyStack  ON SEPT.20, 1881 HE BECAME THE 4TH VP TO SUCCEED TO THE PRESIDENCY UPON THE DEATH OF THE INCUMBENT, ARTHUR.
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Arthur taking the presidential oath Chester A. Arthur taking the ...  Elected vice president on the Republican ticket of 1880, Arthur acceded to the presidency upon the assassination of President James A. ... Resuming his law practice in 1863, he became closely associated with ... Cabinet of President Chester A. Arthur Cabinet of President Chester A. Arthur September 20, 1881-March 3,...
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Rutherford B. Hayes - Wikipedia  Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822  January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States (187781). As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that ... He died ten weeks before Rutherford's birth. ... He became a member of the Sons of the American Revolution based on his...
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List of Vice Presidents of the United States - Wikipedia  There have been 47 Vice Presidents of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789. Originally, the Vice President was the person who received the second most ... The Vice President's primary function is to succeed to the presidency if the .... 21st Collector of the Port of New York, 20, March 4, 1881
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Prologue: Selected Articles | National Archives  Tyler was convinced his Vice President's oath entitled him to discharge the succession duty. ... to the office of the President upon the death of an elected President.1 ... death of William Henry Harrison, Vice President John Tyler became the first .... in American history, Arthur drafted a proclamation on September 20 calling the...
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Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year - Sep 20  On this day in 1881, Chester Arthur is inaugurated, becoming the third ... time in American history that three men served as president in one year; a similar...
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Dead Vice Presidents  Johnson became the Vice President in 1864 on the ticket with Lincoln. .... he would have been replaced with Radical Republican Benjamin Wade, making the ... This was after the election of U.S. Grant to succeed him, but before Grant took ..... in the vice presidency; Adlai E. Stevenson, Garret Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt,...
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VP William R King - U.S. Senate  William Rufus King, 13th Vice President (1853) ... On April 18, 1853, death cheated William King of his life's calling. ... At the time of his 1852 election to the vice-presidency, only one other member in the body's entire ... One can now only speculate about the calming role that this natural mediator might have played in such...
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FDR inaugurated to fourth term - Jan 20, 1945 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, FDR inaugurated to fourth term on Jan 20, 1945. ... Delano Roosevelt, the only president to be elected to three terms in office, is inaugurated to his fourth term. ... Three months after his inauguration, he died. .... bogs down as several days of heavy rain turn the roads of Virginia into a muddy quagmire.
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FDR wins unprecedented fourth term - Nov 07, 1944 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms.
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Politics and the Presidencey 1868-1888 - Northern State University  In 1868, Grant won a fairly easy victory against his Democrat opponent, Seymour. ... As a result, when Grant received the Republican nomination again in 1872, liberal Republicans bolted and ... He lost his wife, his health, his newspaper, his sanityand his life. Before Grant even began his second term, Greeley was dead.
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Henry Wilson | vice president of United States | Britannica.com  16, 1812, Farmington, N.H., U.S.died Nov. 22, 1875, Washington, D.C.) 18th vice president of the United States (187375) in the Republican ... nomination in 1868, he was nominated four years later and served during Grant's second term.
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Warren G. Harding - Wikipedia  Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865  August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the ... 4.4.1 Political setbacks and western tour; 4.4.2 Death in San Francisco, funeral, and memorial ..... California Senator Hiram Johnson, and a host of relatively minor possibilities such as Herbert Hoover (renowned for his World...
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William Rufus King: First gay U.S. vice president? | QNotes  Oct 1, 2011 ... Post Icon ... William Rufus DeVane King, the 13th United States vice president, has the ... He died of tuberculosis on April 18, 1853, just 25 days after being sworn ... when he resigned after winning election in November 1852 as vice .... King realized his condition was getting worse and he would not be well...
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9 Vice-Presidents Became President on the Death or Resignation of ...  Dec 12, 2012 ... Nine times in the history of the republic, a vice-president has ascended to the office of president due to the death or resignation of the president.
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Yes, quite a few of our Vice Presidents have died... | Dead Presidents  Aug 22, 2013 ... The most recent Vice President to die in office was James Schoolcraft Sherman, VP ... for a replacement until the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967. ... home to Alabama where he died at the age of 67 after just 45 days as VP. ... Garret Augustus Hobart (1844-1899), 24th Vice President (1897-1899)
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Warren G. Harding - Wikipedia  Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865  August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the ... The resulting scandals did not fully emerge until after Harding's death, nor did ... speaking tour; he was succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge. .... As Machiavelli once pointed out, cleverness will take a man far, but he...
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President of the United States - RationalWiki  Oct 16, 2016 ... 3.1 Andrew Johnson (1865-1869); 3.2 Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) .... Despite having been elected to the vice presidency on the Whig ... His vice president William R. King died 6 weeks after inauguration and was never replaced. .... Later served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, making him the only...
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President Harrison dies after one month in office - Apr 04, 1841 ...  On April 4, President Harrison died in Washington, and Vice President John Tyler ... Did William Henry Harrison's inauguration speech kill him? .... President William Henry Harrison dies after serving only 32 days in office on this day in 1841.
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William R. King - Wikipedia  William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786  April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th Vice President of the United States for six weeks in 1853 before his death. Earlier he had been elected as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina .... In 1852, the Oregon Territorial Legislature named King County for him.
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Garret A. Hobart | vice president of United States | Britannica.com  24th vice president of the United States (189799) in the Republican administration of Pres. ... that would have promised future independence for the Philippine Islands. ... St. Louis, Missouri, former Ohio congressman and governor William ... of the Spanish-American War, when he cast the tie-breaking vote against a Senate...