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CHAPTER XXXVIII.. Vice President Arthur Becomes President.

Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, V. 1-2 · Benjamin Perley Poore — chapter 126 of 182 · ~54 words · public domain

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VICE PRESIDENT ARTHUR BECOMES PRESIDENT. The Deplorable Calamity--Mental Anguish of Vice-President Arthur-- He Takes the Oath at New York, and Repeats it at Washington-- Individual Preferences Subordinated to Public Welfare--Principles of the New Administration--Executive Vetoes--Changes in the Senate --Leading Senators--Mr. Bayard President Pro Tempore One Day-- Senator David Davis Chosen to Preside Pro Tempore.

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