Chester A. Arthur: 1881-1885
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James Garfield nominated Chester Arthur as his vice president to appease party leaders that favored the re-nomination of Grant for a third term. However, Arthur ended up succeeding President Garfield, who was shot and died a few months into his term. The National Commission on Choosing and Using Vice Presidents, convened in 1992 and co-chaired by former Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie and former Maryland Senator Charles McC. Mathias, recommended criteria and qualifications for the selection of a vice president. |
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The National Commission on Choosing and Using Vice Presidents (1992) |
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Co-Chairs: Charles McC. Mathias, U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1968-1986 Edmund S. Muskie, U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-1980; U.S. Secretary of State, 1980-1981 Commissioners: R.W. Apple, Jr., Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times Robert S. Bergland, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1977-1981 M. Caldwell Butler, Member, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, 1972-1983 William T. Coleman, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1975-1977 (Senior Counselor, OMelveny & Myers) Lloyd N. Cutler, White House Counsel, 1977-1981, 1994; Partner, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant for Domestic Affairs and Foreign Policy and Executive Director of the Domestic Policy Staff, 1977-1981 (Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, 1997-1999; Partner, Covington & Burling) Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Chairman, Republican National Committee, 1983-1988 (President & CEO, American Gaming Association) Judith Richards Hope, Vice Chairman of the Presidents Commission on Organized Crime, 1983-1986 (Partner and Senior Advisor, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker) Max M. Kampelman, Counselor to the U.S. Department of State, 1987-1988 (Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson) Melvin R. Laird, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1969-1973; Counselor to the President for Domestic Affairs, 1973-1974 (Senior Counselor for National and International Affairs, Readers Digest Foundation) Richard Moe, Chief of Staff to Vice President Walter F. Mondale, 1977-1981 (President, National Trust for Historic Preservation) John J. Rhodes, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona, 1943-1982; House Minority Leader, 1973-1981 Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1975-1977 (2001-2006) Robert S. Strauss, U.S. Trade Representative, 1977-1979; U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union & Russian Federation, 1991 (Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld) Commission Director: Kenneth W. Thompson, Director of the Miller Center, 1978-1998 |
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