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Ellen Lewis Arthur (née Herndon; August 30, 1837 – January 12, 1880), known as Nell Arthur, was the wife of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She died of pneumonia in January 1880; her husband was elected vice-president that November.
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 [b] – November 18, 1886) was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885.He was a Republican lawyer from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield.
Mary McElroy (née Arthur; July 5, 1841 – January 8, 1917) was an American woman known as being the sister of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, for whom she served as a hostess (acting as the first lady) for his administration (1881–1885).
Family of Chester A. Arthur: September 19, 1881 — March 4, 1885 Chester A. Arthur Chester II and Ellen: Chester Arthur's wife, Nell, died in January 1880; he succeeded to the presidency in September 1881. 22 Family of Grover Cleveland: March 4, 1885 — March 4, 1889 Grover and Frances Cleveland (m.1886) Frances Cleveland was the youngest of ...
Richard Mentor Johnson deemed the enslaved Julia Chinn to be his common-law wife until her death in 1830. Henry Wilson was married to Harriet Howe from 1840 until her death in 1870. William A. Wheeler was married to Mary King from 1845 until her death in 1876. Chester A. Arthur was married to Ellen Lewis Herndon from 1859 until her death in 1880.
Chester A. Arthur: Turtle Steak. Though today it’s illegal to eat turtles in many parts of the world, that wasn’t stopping Chester Arthur back in the 1880s.
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
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