21.1 Chester Arthur

American Presidents: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

Comedy, History

4.9 • 836 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Arthur is not the most well known of presidents, but that does not mean he did not achieve much in his early life. Who else managed this level of corruption? Who else could claim to benefit from the patronage system so well? Who else was so much of a Conkling man? He may be a coaster, but damn it, he could coast like the best of them.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium.
0:10.0	This week, Chester us Rankingum. I am Jamie.
0:28.3	And I am Rob ranking all of the presidents from Washington to Trump. And this is episode 21.1, Chester Arthur.
0:36.7	He's, um, not that well known.
0:38.7	No, he's not.
0:39.4	I can highlight this point for you.
0:40.9	Yesterday, they had an American Presidents' round on pointless.
0:43.8	Did they?
0:44.5	Did they?
0:45.0	Chester A. Arthur scored, I think, won.
0:47.4	He wasn't quite pointless.
0:48.8	No, I'm thinking to somebody else.
0:51.1	Damn it.
0:52.0	This is a good story.
0:53.4	It's a very good story.
0:54.2	I'm glad we're opening with this.
0:55.4	No, I completely forgot.
0:56.8	So there's an even less well-known one, is there?
0:59.7	Yeah.
1:00.0	Well, Johnson scored zero.
1:02.3	Really?
1:02.9	Andrew Jackson scored three, I think.
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