“The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.”
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Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. A Republican from New York, he served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield in 1881, assuming the presidency after Garfield's assassination. Arthur's administration saw the largest expansion of the U.S. Navy, the end of the so-called "spoils system", and the implementation of harsher…
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politics · President of the United States from 1881 to 1885 · military officer · lawyer · politician · statesperson · educator · also Chester A. Arthur, Chester Arthur, President Arthur, C. A. Arthur, C. Arthur, Arthur
Born 5 October 1829 · Died 18 November 1886 · Q35498
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2026· 2 entries
“[t]he tariff question is a local question”
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2012· 1 entry
Arthur's likeness was used on a U
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1899· 1 entry
And unveiled by Arthur's sister, Mary Arthur McElroy
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1898· 2 entries
The Arthur memorial statue—a fifteen-foot (4
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With the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel, and permanent rank of major
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1889· 1 entry
A monument was placed on Arthur's burial plot by sculptor Ephraim Keyser of New York, consisting of a giant bronze female angel figure placing a bronze palm leaf on a granite sarcophagus
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1887· 1 entry
The Dawes Act changed the law to favor such a system
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1886· 5 entries
Died 1886-11-18.
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“What a pleasant lot of fellows they are. What a pity they have so little sense about politics. If they lived North the last one of them would be Republicans.”
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“To a temperance reformer.”
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“There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.”
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“Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.”
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1884· 1 entry
Campaign: 1884 presidential election.
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1883· 1 entry
The last full day of the 47th Congress; Arthur signed the measure into law, with no effect on the surplus
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1882· 5 entries
Arthur vetoed the bill to widespread popular acclaim; in his veto message, his principal objection was that it appropriated funds for purposes "not for the common defense or general welfare, and which do not promote comm
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Arthur was elected to the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) as a Third Class Companion (insignia number 02430), the honorary membership category for m
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Called for the abolition of excise taxes on everything except liquor, as well as a simplification of the complex tariff structure
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To discuss trade and an end to the War of the Pacific being fought by Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
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Signed the Edmunds Act into law; the legislation made polygamy a federal crime, barring polygamists both from public office and the right to vote
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1881· 4 entries
Arthur requested civil service reform legislation and Pendleton again introduced his bill, but Congress did not pass it
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1881–1881).
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Assuming the presidency after Garfield's assassination
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1881–1885).
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1880· 3 entries
His wife died suddenly while he was in Albany organizing the political agenda for the coming year
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“The remarks concerned the presidential election of 1880.”
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A New York attorney and political opponent, Arthur P
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1879· 1 entry
Attempted to abrogate the 1868 treaty by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, but President Hayes vetoed it
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1878· 1 entry
Following bitter disputes between Conkling and President Rutherford B
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1877· 1 entry
And Treasury Secretary John Sherman made Conkling's machine the primary target
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1875· 1 entry
And Conkling, then among the most powerful politicians in Washington, arranged his protégé's reappointment by President Grant
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1874· 1 entry
Custom House employees were found to have improperly assessed fines against an importing company as a way to increase their own incomes, and Congress reacted, repealing the moiety system and putting the staff, including
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1872· 1 entry
But the concept remained, and the party reaped the benefit of controlling government jobs
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1871· 2 entries
Grant offered to name Arthur as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, replacing Alfred Pleasonton; Arthur declined the appointment
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And he was an important supporter of Conkling and the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party
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1870· 1 entry
President Grant gave Conkling control over New York patronage, including the Custom House at the Port of New York
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1869· 1 entry
Became counsel to the New York City Tax Commission, appointed when Republicans controlled the state legislature
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1867· 1 entry
Noticed Arthur and facilitated his rise in the party, and Arthur became chairman of the New York City Republican executive committee in 1868
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1866· 1 entry
Arthur unsuccessfully attempted to secure the position of Naval Officer at the New York Custom House, a lucrative job subordinate only to the Collector
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1861· 1 entry
Arthur was appointed to the military staff of Governor Edwin D
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1859· 1 entry
Were married at Calvary Episcopal Church in Manhattan
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1856· 1 entry
Arthur courted Ellen Herndon, the daughter of William Lewis Herndon, a Virginian naval officer
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1854· 2 entries
Joined Culver's firm, which was subsequently renamed Culver, Parker, and Arthur
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Arthur was the lead attorney representing Elizabeth Jennings Graham after the conductor physically removed her from a streetcar because she was black
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1853· 2 entries
After studying at State and National Law School in Ballston Spa, New York, and then saving enough money to relocate, Arthur moved to New York City to read law at the office of Erastus D
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Studied at State and National Law School (1853).
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1852· 1 entry
Arthur moved again, to Cohoes, New York, to become the principal of a school at which his sister, Malvina, was a teacher
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1848· 2 entries
Studied at Union College (1848).
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Arthur returned to Schaghticoke and became a full-time teacher, and soon began to pursue an education in law
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1845· 1 entry
Where he studied the traditional classical curriculum
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1829· 1 entry
Born 1829-10-05.
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1828· 1 entry
The family moved again, to Fairfield, where Chester Alan Arthur was born the following year; he was the fifth of nine children
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