Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
VICE PRESIDENT ARTHUR BECOMES PRESIDENT. The Deplorable Calamity--Mental Anguish of Vice-President Arthur-- He Takes the Oath at New York, and Repeats it at Washington-- Individual Preferences Subordinated to Public Welfare--Principles of the New Administration--Executive Vetoes--Changes in the Senate --Leading Senators--Mr. Bayard President _Pro Tempore_ One Day-- Senator David Davis Chosen to Preside _Pro Tempore_.