Chester A. Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur (October 4, 1829 - Nov. 18, 1886) was 21st President of the United States. He was elected as Vice-President and became President when Garfield was killed.

He was from New York and was put on the ticket as a favor to the Stalwart faction of the Republican party. These people enjoyed the political patronage that federal law allowed at the time. Arthur was a lawyer and Collector of Customs of the Port of New York when he was elected Vice-President.

Once he became President, he pushed for civil service reform. His supporters in New York saw this as treason to his party, so they blocked his nomination for a second term.

One interesting thing is that they was a dispute about whether he was born in the US. He claimed to have been born in northern Vermont, but some said he was born farther north, in Canada. His was Canadian and he and his wife did live in Canada not long before Chester was born, so the Canadian birth seemed believable. The only hard evidence was a family Bible.

He died of complications of Bright's disease which is a leak in the kidney which is basically a kidney failure.

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No one. Arthur died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1886.

No. He was from New York and served in the New York militia to help fight for the North during the Civil War. (His young wife was, however, a private Southern sympathizer, because she had kin-folk in Virginia.) His father was a stauch abolitionist.

Chester A. Arthur was Vice President when President James A. Garfield was assassinated and immediately assumed the role of the presidency.

Chester A. Arthur's campaign slogans during his run for the presidency in 1880 included phrases like "The Man Who Wears the White Hat," symbolizing his reformist stance and integrity. Another notable slogan was "A Good Man for a Good Job," emphasizing his qualifications and commitment to civil service reform. These slogans aimed to position him as a candidate dedicated to improving government efficiency and integrity.

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His two major accomplishments seem to be the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act in January of 1883 and the modernization of the United States Navy. He also redecorated the White House.

These events happened while Arthur was President:

1882: Robert Koch discovered the bacillus that causes TB

Polygamy was outlawed in the US by the Edmunds Act

Outlaw Jesse James was killed

Chinese Exclusion Act passed, ending Chinese immigration to US

Henrik Ibsen's play, Ghosts, premiered in Chicago

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was first played

First World Series of baseball was held

1883:Pendleton Act sets up Civil Service System in the US

First electric street lights put in place by Edison in NJ

Ladies Home Journal first published

Brooklyn Bridge opens

Buffalo Bill gives his first wild west show

1884: Siege of Khartoum against Chas. Gordon

Debtors' prison closed in London

Dr. Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked" cereal.

Ringling Bros. circus premiers

Statue of Libery presented to the US by France

Dow Jones published its first stock averages

George Eastman patents roll type photographic film

Grover Cleveland elected President

1885 : Rebels under the Mahdi overwhelm Khartoum

Huckleberry Finn, novel by Mark Twain, first publised

"Elegant Arthur" was his nickname, due to his snappy dress.

Chester A. Arthur was not almost impeached during his presidency. His administration faced criticism, particularly regarding the patronage system and the implementation of civil service reform, but he managed to maintain his position without facing impeachment proceedings. Instead, his presidency is often remembered for the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which aimed to reduce corruption in government hiring.

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His hair was brown.

He liked to hunt and fish. He used to like to walk well past midnight in the streets of Washington.

The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Pendleton Act happened while Chester Arthur was in office. Arthur was the US President from September 20, 1881 until March 3, 1885. He became the President after the assassination of James Garfield.

Twenty-first President of the United States Chester Alan Arthur became President of the United States on September 19, after the death of James Garfield, who died on that day having been mortally wounded on July 2, 1881.

Arthur's term in office ended on March 4, 1885, when he was succeeded by Grover Cleveland.

Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 - November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the twenty-first President of the United States. Arthur was a member of the Republican Party

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He insisted on having honest administration in the Customs House(NY). He was the "champion" of civil service reform.

He signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act, which provided for a "classified system" that allowed certain government positions to be obtained only through written examinations. This system protected people from being removed for political reasons, and ensured that they were awarded the position through their merit, rather than political party/connections.

He passed the Tariff Act, lowering tariff prices.

Passed the first federal immigration law, excluding paupers, criminals, and lunatics from entering the U.S., and Modernized the Navy