#21 Ports, Pants, and Predicaments
This week we look at Chester Arthur, a man many Americans never expected to become a successful president. After the assassination of James A. Garfield, Arthur entered the White House under a cloud of suspicion, with critics fearing he represented everything wrong with politics at the time. Instead…
TARIFFS: CHESTER ARTHUR TAKES AIM AT TARIFFS
Many know of President Arthur's work on civil service reform. Less known is that he also sought to change his party's position on the use of tariffs.
He had been a customs official, the nation's highest. In that job he learned to work with businessmen and merchants. When he became President, he …
PRESIDENT'S FAMILIES: CHESTER ARTHUR'S SON AND GRANDSON
A brief look at the family legacy of Chester Arthur, his son and grandson. From the White House to San Francisco's hippie scene.
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True Grit and Public Service
We opened with a clip from former Vermont Governor Howard Dean announcing his bid for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination in Burlington, Vermont on June 23, 2003.
Today’s theme music is “Go, Go, Go,” by Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings, copyrighted music licensed through Likd. Neil and I are …
Nick Offerman on His Double Emmy Nominations and How to Find the Nice People in Hollywood
Katey talks to the Emmy nominee for both the Netflix limited series Death by Lightning and the Apple comedy series Margo's Got Money Troubles, about how he became so in-demand as an actor ("I mind my manners and try to do the best job I can") and some incredible behind the scenes details on how his…
100 Objects #13: The Sand Letters
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On his deathbed, President Chester Arthur ordered that all of his personal and professional papers be burned. Three barrels of documents went up in flames. But 23 letters survived, initialed only…
Freedom 250: Nixon's Checkers Speech, Pres. Arthur's Decisions, SCAD
Join Jake Novak for his weekly celebration of our great nation's 250th birthday. This week Jake revisits President Nixon's famous "Checkers Speech" in 1952, the 1960 presidential debate, President Chester Arthur's decisions, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and much more!Become a supporter o…
This Day in History - September 20, 2026
Chester Arthur was sworn in as U.S. president on this day in 1881.
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How to Teach the 250th Anniversary of America
Donald Trump was born in 1946, when Harry Truman was president. Truman was born in 1884, when Chester Arthur was president. Arthur was born when Andrew Jackson was president. Jackson was born in 1767, nine years before the Declaration of Independence.That's four presidential lifetimes, and Jesseb u…
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