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Chester A. Arthur

president of the United States from 1881 to 1885

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Chester A. Arthur

president of the United States from 1881 to 1885

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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 restrictions for migrants entering from abroad.

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Occupation: military officer, lawyer, politician, statesperson
Position held: President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Collector of the Port of New York, president
Citizenship: United States
Born: October 5, 1829
Died: November 18, 1886

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Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthurspouse Chester Alan Arthur IIchild William Lewis Herndon Arthurchild Ellen Herndon Arthurchild William Arthurfather Malvina Stonemother Mary Arthur McElroysibling

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Chester A. Arthur: sculpture by George Edwin Bissell

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Politicians

Youngest Presidents and How They Governed

15 candidates · 0 votes · vote on the order

Politicians

Most Consequential One-Term Presidents

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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 restrictions for migrants entering from abroad.

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Occupation: military officer, lawyer, politician, statesperson
Position held: President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Collector of the Port of New York, president
Citizenship: United States
Born: October 5, 1829
Died: November 18, 1886

Family

Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthurspouse Chester Alan Arthur IIchild William Lewis Herndon Arthurchild Ellen Herndon Arthurchild William Arthurfather Malvina Stonemother Mary Arthur McElroysibling