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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.
Chester A. Arthur was born in 1829 and raised a Baptist in Vermont by his abolitionist father. Arthur attended Union College, became a lawyer, and a Whig (later Republican) politician. As a young New York lawyer, Arthur participated in two important civil rights cases and advocated for African Americans. [2]
The 1881 State of the Union address was delivered by Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, on December 6, 1881. This address, Arthur's first, came shortly after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, which he described as an "appalling calamity" that profoundly affected the nation. Arthur contrasted the sorrow ...
The 1884 State of the Union address was delivered by Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, on December 1, 1884.This address was Arthur's fourth and final address.
Arthur's son Chester Alan Arthur II, was called to Arthur's home from his studies at Columbia University. [62] Brady administered the presidential oath at 2:15 a.m. in the front parlor of Arthur's brownstone at 123 Lexington Avenue, reading off of a scrap of paper on which the oath was handwritten. [62]
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.
Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Chester A. Arthur during his presidency. [1] In total Arthur appointed 21 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 4 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 15 judges to the United States district courts.
New York's Collector was the highest paid official of the federal government; as Collector from 1871 to 1878, Chester A. Arthur's compensation exceeded the modern equivalent of $1 million annually. The custom house staffs, especially at New York's Custom House were also political appointees, and were expected to contribute a portion of their ...