Russell A. Rourke counselor John O. Marsh. In 1976, he became a special assistant to President Gerald R. Ford. His responsibilities included legislative liaison between the White House and Congress. After President Ford lost his bid for re-election in 1977, Rourke serve on the White House Transition Team. At the close of the Ford Administration, Rourke accepted a position as administrative assistant to Republican Congressman Harold S. Sawyer of Michigan. In May 1981, President Reagan nominated Rourke as assistant secretary for legislative affairs in the Department of Defense. In that capacity, Rourke was the principal adviser to Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger
Chester A. Arthur Home president after Garfield died on September 19, 1881, from wounds incurred in an assassination attempt a few months earlier. Arthur took the oath of office in this house, and retired to it after his term ended in 1885. He died here the following year. The house was later purchased by William Randolph Hearst It has since undergone many changes. Today, the building houses Kalustyan's, a Mediterranean grocery store, on the first two floors, and apartments on the top three. It is the only surviving building in New York City where a president was inaugurated. Chester A. Arthur Home The Chester