This U.S. president ordered 24 wagonloads of White House furniture to be auctioned off because the furniture did not meet his grand standards.
- Calvin Coolidge
- Chester Arthur
- John Quincy Adams
- Rutherford Hayes
This U.S. president ordered 24 wagonloads of White House furniture to be auctioned off because the furniture did not meet his grand standards.
Chester Arthur, a widower when he became president upon President James Garfield’s assassination. An aristocrat, Arthur refused to move into the White House until it was redecorated. Because of his public auctions, much White House history has been lost.