Arthur administration

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The Arthur administration refers to the U.S. presidential administration of Chester A. Arthur, who served as the 21st president from 1881 to 1885 and is noted for civil service reform, including the Pendleton Act.

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Label Occurrences
Arthur administration canonical 2
Arthur administration cabinet 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf presidential administration ⓘ
capital Washington, D.C. ⓘ
chronologicalOrder 21st U.S. presidential administration ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
curbed patronage system ⓘ
spoils system ⓘ
domesticPolicyContext industrialization and Gilded Age politics ⓘ
enacted Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act ⓘ
endTime 1885 ⓘ
executiveBranch Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
focusesOn civil service reform ⓘ
naval modernization ⓘ
tariff issues ⓘ
followedBy Cleveland administration (first term) ⓘ
follows Garfield administration ⓘ
foreignPolicyContext post–Civil War U.S. expansion and trade ⓘ
governmentType federal presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
headOfGovernment Chester A. Arthur ⓘ
ideology conservative Republicanism ⓘ
implemented merit-based federal hiring ⓘ
legislativeBranch 47th United States Congress ⓘ
48th United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFor Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act ⓘ
civil service reform ⓘ
notableIssue civil service corruption ⓘ
notableLegislation Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act ⓘ
officeHolder Chester A. Arthur ⓘ
partOf Gilded Age in United States history ⓘ
linked to: Gilded Age

history of the United States presidency ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
precededBy Garfield administration ⓘ
president Chester A. Arthur ⓘ
reasonForStart death of President James A. Garfield ⓘ
responseTo public demand for civil service reform ⓘ
signed Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act ⓘ
startEvent assassination of James A. Garfield ⓘ
startTime 1881 ⓘ
succeeds Garfield administration ⓘ
termNumberOfPresident 21 ⓘ
timePeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
vicePresident vacant ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cleveland administration → follows → Arthur administration ⓘ
Hugh McCulloch → memberOf → Arthur administration cabinet ⓘ
linked to: Arthur administration
Mary McElroy → affiliation → Arthur administration ⓘ