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    Chester A. Arthur

    President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

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  1. Apr 23, 2024 · Chester A. Arthur (born October 5, 1829, North Fairfield, Vermont, U.S.—died November 18, 1886, New York, New York) was the 21st president of the United States. Elected vice president on the Republican ticket of 1880, Arthur acceded to the presidency upon the assassination of President James A. Garfield .

  2. Chester A. Arthur 's tenure as the 21st president of the United States began on September 19, 1881, when he succeeded to the presidency upon the assassination of President James A. Garfield, and ended on March 4, 1885. Arthur, a Republican, had been vice president for 199 days when he succeeded to the presidency.

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    Apr 2, 2014 · Chester A. Arthur. Famous Political Figures. U.S. Presidents. Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States. He served as vice president at the time President James...

  4. Dignified, tall, and handsome, with clean-shaven chin and side-whiskers, Chester A. Arthur looked like a president. The son of a Baptist preacher who had emigrated from northern Ireland, Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont.

  5. Mar 4, 2018 · Chester A. Arthur served as America's twenty-first president from September 19, 1881, to March 4, 1885. He succeeded James Garfield who had been assassinated in 1881. Arthur is remembered primarily for three things: He was never elected to the presidency and two significant pieces of legislation, one positive and the other negative.

  6. Chester A. Arthur, (born Oct. 5, 1829, North Fairfield, Vt., U.S.—died Nov. 18, 1886, New York, N.Y), 21st president of the U.S. (1881–85). He practiced law in New York City from 1854, later becoming a close associate of Sen. Roscoe Conkling, the Republican boss of New York.

  7. 1829 - 1886. Chester A. Arthur. Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence. The opening of China to the commerce of the whole world has benefited no section of it more than the States of our own Pacific Slope. Veto Message of Chinese Exclusion Act. Overview.

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