Chester Alan Arthur (1829 - 1886)

Born 5 Oct 1829 in Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen Lewis (Herndon) Arthur — married 25 Oct 1859 in New York, New York

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1886 at age 57 in New York City, New York, United States

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Preceded by 20th President James Garfield Preceded by 19th Vice President William A. Wheeler

Chester Alan Arthur 21st President of the United States 1881 – 1885 20th Vice President of the United States 1881

Succeeded by 22nd President Grover Cleveland Succeeded by Vacant until 1885

Biography

Chester Arthur is Notable.

Chester Arthur was the 20th Vice President of the United States. He was also the 21st President of the United States. His presidency began after the murder of President James Garfield in July of 1881.

Some older sources list his birth date as 05 October 1830,^[1] but biographer Thomas C. Reeves confirms that this is incorrect: Arthur claimed to be a year younger "out of simple vanity."^[2]

He married Ellen Lewis Herndon and he was the father of three children ^[3]. One son died at three years old. He had two other children Chester Alan Arthur, Jr. and Ellen "Nell" Arthur.

There was a debate whether Chester Arthur was born in Canada^[4] but because his mother was American , his candidacy for Presidency was never challenged under birthright citizenship ^[3].

A New York attorney, Arthur P. Hinman, startled the voters of the country shortly after the election of 1880 by interviews in which he accused General Arthur of being a British subject. To support the claim, he presented an elaborate story of Arthur’s birth, purporting to show that he had been born in Canada, of a British father and an American mother. The enterprising New York Sun investigated Hinman’s tale and published a complete refutation the day after Arthur took the oath as President. His origins were widely understood when he became the twenty-first President of the United States. ^{[2] [5]}

A well sourced summary of his Presidency is available at Wikipedia: Chester Arthur

He died on the 18th of November 1886 in New York City and he is buried in Albany, New York ^[3].

Legacy

Arthur County, Nebraska is named in his honor.

Sources

1. ↑ Howe, George F. (1966) [1935]. Chester A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics. New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co. ASIN B00089DVIG
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Reeves, Thomas C. (1975). Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester A. Arthur. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-46095-6.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. First ed. Arco Company, 1975
4. ↑ Chester Arthur: A Birthplace Controversy, 1880
5. ↑ National Portrait Gallery Chester Arthur: A Birthplace Controversy, 1880

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• Burial: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, New York, USA
• Plot: Section 24, Lot 8
• GPS (lat/lon): 42.70748, -73.73362
• Photo: Has a photo on gravesite of gravestone

• Portrait & Bio. Album of Mahaska Co. IA (1887)

• Chester Arthur @ History.com

• http://mentalfloss.com/article/28917/21-things-you-didnt-know-about-21st-president