Perley S Reminiscences Of Sixty Years In The National Metropoli
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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_.