Along with his secretary of the navy William Chandler he recommended appropriations to improve the U.S. fleet and it was during his presidency that the coaling station at Pearl Harbor was acquired.  
Along with his secretary of the navy William Chandler he recommended appropriations to improve the U.S. fleet and it was during his presidency that the coaling station at Pearl Harbor was acquired.  He won the Lizzie Jennings case resulting in New York forbidding segregation on public transport. This one time Director of the New York City Customhouse vetoed a bill excluding Chinese immigration for 20 years, but signed the Chinese Exclusion Act that banned them for 10 years. Expected to be a defender of the Stalwarts,  for 10 points, name this president who disappointed Conkling by signing the Pendleton Civil Service Act after the assassination of his predecessor James Garfield.
Along with his secretary of the navy William Chandler he recommended appropriations to improve the U.S. fleet and it was during his presidency that the coaling station at Pearl Harbor was acquired.  
Chester Alan Arthur