Horace appears to have been trying to legitimize Chester ... for appointing him to the unSCOTUS? Sure looks that way.
Well, now. That’s interesting. Chester A. Arthur appointed Horace Gray to the US Supreme Court?
Certainly sounds like a quid pro quo, doesn’t it? Obama and Kagan springs to mind. It’s as if they studied the Arthur administration for some odd reason. Is that administration particularly noteworthy otherwise?