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Yankee Dude a Dandy

  • June 24, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Chester A. Arthur was nicknamed “The Dude President”! The word originally meant a very fashionable man, and the 21st U.S. president was famously devoted to style. As vice president, Arthur took over when James A. Garfield was assassinated after only six months on the job.

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