For 10 points, name this 21st president, who succeeded James Garfield.
This president delivered an unusually brief inaugural address proclaiming "prosperity blesses our country." As a lawyer, this man won the case the desegregated streetcars in Manhattan, and he also served New York as a Quartermaster during the Civil War. This president signed a compromise tariff that raised some duties and lowered others, leading it to be known as the (*) "Mongrel Tariff." Despite his history as a corrupt member of Roscoe Conkling's Stalwart faction, this president signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, seen as a response to the actions of the insane civil servant who assassinated his predecessor, Charles Guiteau. For 10 points, name this 21st president, who succeeded James Garfield.
This president delivered an unusually brief inaugural address proclaiming "prosperity blesses our country."
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