abolitionist preacher. he grew up in a very religious environment. college, he was a teacher and became a lawyer. he was involved in a very important case, the decentralization of new york city stre desegreatio desegregation of new york city street bars. he was a quartermaster in the union army. a bona fide opportunities for lining his own pockets. which he did not do as many as others did. but he became involved in the machine politics of that era. thebecame close to flamboyant new york box. new york boss. he is an extremely interesting character. he served as president from 1881, when garfield was shot. until the end of his term in 1885. brian: who was present before and after? scott: garfield before. grover cleveland was president after. brian: why did you want to write a book about chester a arthur? scott: every president has an interesting story. arthur, het chester is one of the most obscure studentss college sometimes are given a list of names and asked to identi
his father was a rigid evolutionist preacher. abolitionist preacher. he grew up in a very religious environment. shortly after college, he was a teacher and became a lawyer. he was involved in a very important case, the decentralization of new york city streetcars. desegregation of new york city streetcars. theas a quartermaster in union army during the civil war in new york city. a opportunities for learning his own pockets, which he did not do as many others did. that he became involved in the machine politics of that era. in particular, he became very close to the flamboyant new york boss. he is an extremely interesting character. brian: the years he served as president? scott: he served as president from 1881, when garfield was shot and eventually died, until the end of his term in 1885. brian: who was president before and after him? scott: garfield before. grover cleveland was president after. brian: why did you want to write a book about chester a arthur? scott: eve
this week on q&a. journalist scott greenberger. his book on the life and times of chester a. arthur. scott greenberger, your book the unexpected president, who is the most interesting character in the book for you? think chester arthur the most interesting character and the book. it is a story of redemption. he is a guy, his father was a very rigid abolitionist reacher, grew up in that preacher. he, shortly after college was a teacher, became a lawyer, moved to new york. was involved in a very important case that resolved in the desegregation desegregation of you new york city street cars. he was on this moral path and then he served in the civil war, was quartermaster a quartermaster in the union army during the civil war in new york important jobs an with lots of opportunities. after the war, he became in vault involved in machine politics and in particular, he became close to the new york republican boss, a flamboyant character named roscoe conkling. favoritert
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all right, time. did everybody get it? okay if you are still figuring it out i won t tell. but let me just close by saying this. we are so inundated i think with news of mayhem and mishap and war and disease. i think sometimes we forget how much good work is being done day in and day out by a lot of good people who just care about their kids, care about their communities. in your districts i know there are extraordinary teachers and principals who are putting everything they have got into making sure our kids are getting a great education and we have parents who are stepping up in volunteering and helping to make those schools work. so as you disburse one message i want you to deliver to all of them from the white house from the president of the united states is even if you are not getting a lot of attention, even if you are not making a lot of headlines what you were doing every single day is making the biggest possible difference in the lives of this country and i couldn