Chester Arthur #7: What to Expect from the Unlikeliest President Ever (1881-1882); Topics covered include: Inaugurated as 21st President, Cabinet adjustments, begins to turn away from the Conkling political machine, articulates policies in First Annual Message (including Civil Service Reform), criticism and encouragement from Julia Sand, family in the White House, and enjoys social role as President but little else of job

Key people: James Garfield, Charles Guiteau, John Brady, Morrison Waite, Roscoe Conkling, William Robertson, David Davis, William Windom, Edwin Morgan, Charles Folger, Wayne Macveagh, Benjamin Brewster, Frederick Frelinghuysen, Robert Lincoln, Nell Arthur, Ellen Arthur, Mary McElroy, Alan Arthur, Ulysses Grant, Julia Grant, and Julia Sand

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