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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Never heard of her, until the designs for next year's First Spouse coins were discussed. I wonder why the Mint opted not to reuse a symbol of Liberty as they did for Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren and Buchanan? The perfect image to go with Arthur's term (1881-1885) is Liberty on the Morgan dollar. In any case, the 19th Amendment didn't pass until 1920, so this activist would've have better paired with Wilson or Harding. Just a curiosity, as few people seem to enjoy this series at all. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow, talk about your tenuous connections  I had never heard of her either but apparently, she was born in the last two months of Arthur's presidency... |
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Hey, i'd never heard of Arthur, I was wondering if this was his first name, haha!
Was he the last president not to have a first lady? Seems grover Cleveland gets two coins, hmm, a little strange!
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Valued Member
United States
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President Cleveland gets two coins since he was president two times. First from 1885-1889 and later from 1893-1897.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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President Arthur was the 21st President of the US.1881-85.
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Rest in Peace
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Bedrock of the Community
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I wonder why the Mint opted not to reuse a symbol of Liberty as they did for Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren and Buchanan? Once again, don't blame the mint for something they have no control over. The use of Alice Paul was written into the authorization legislation. It was not the Mint's idea I have no idea why Congress decided to do it. It breaks the pattern set by the other no First Lady administrations and she has absolutely no connection to his presidency whatsoever. (Unless she was his love child and this is only known to top Presidential scholars.) I suspect it was probably written into the law for some reason to get some Senator or Congressman's support for the bill. What state did she come from? Edited by Conder101
10/26/2011 1:21 pm
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Quoting the legislation: Quote:Pub.L. 109-145, 119 Stat. 2664``(D) Design in case of no first spouse.--In the
case of any President who served without a spouse--
``(i) the image on the obverse of the bullion
coin corresponding to the $1 coin relating to such
President shall be an image emblematic of the
concept of `Liberty'--
``(I) as represented on a United
States coin issued during the period of
service of such President; or
``(II) as represented, in the case
of President Chester Alan Arthur, by a
design incorporating the name and
likeness of Alice Paul, a leading
strategist in the suffrage movement, who
was instrumental in gaining women the
right to vote upon the adoption of the
19th amendment and thus the ability to
participate in the election of future
Presidents, and who was born on January
11, 1885, during the term of President
Arthur; and
``(ii) the reverse of such bullion coin shall
be of a design representative of themes of such
President, except that in the case of the bullion
coin referred to in clause (i)(II) the reverse of
such coin shall be representative of the suffrage
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It is very odd that she has practically no connection to the Arthur administration except to be born during his term. Alice Paul could have been easily shoehorned beween Edith Bolling Galt Wilson and Florence Harding as the first coin of 2014. I guess the 19th Amendment, important as it is, has been thus honored and might not see a commemorative program in 2020.
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More info Quote:Paul is also scheduled to appear on a United States half-ounce $10 gold coin in 2012, as part of the so-called "First Spouse" program. A provision in the Presidential $1 Coin Program (see Pub.L. 109-145, 119 Stat. 2664, enacted December 22, 2005) directs that Presidential spouses be honored. As President Chester A. Arthur was a widower, Paul is representing Arthur's era.  Amazing she was 92 and died in 1977 in her home state of New Jersey. I wonder how many lobbyist pushed her recognition where from NJ? 92 Give me a break! Do I really want to be around at 92? Got to love them "When I'm 64" the Beatles. |
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Posted 10/25/2011 11:25 pm
