Chester Arthur #5: Shocking Political Rise (1879-1881); Topics covered include: Re-opens law practice, alignment with Roscoe Conkling and his wing of the Republican Party in New York, death of wife Nell, Election of 1880, Republican Convention, nominations for James Garfield and Chester Arthur, campaign, challenges for Garfield with Conkling machine, and the election of Garfield and Arthur
Key people: Rutherford Hayes, Roscoe Conkling, Nell Arthur, Alan Arthur, Ellen Arthur, Ulysses Grant, James Blaine, John Sherman, James Garfield, George Hoar, Levi Morton, Thomas Platt, Winfield Hancock, and William English
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