CHESTER A. ARTHUR (R) - 1881-1885
He has the dubious distinction of being the last president to run for re-election and lose in his primary, but at least he gets this from the independence he showed while in office.
After Garfield was assassinated, Arthur became the 21st president, and he sought civil service reform, which upset many of his former allies and cronies. He also passed immigration laws specifically against the Chinese, and he refused to do anything about the "Jim Crow" laws on his watch.
It wound up being for the best he didn't win re-election, as he died less than two years upon leaving office from kidney disease.
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