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Chesters fathers name was William Chester. He was born on December 5th, 1796. He was born in Deen, Cullybackey, County Antrim, Ireland. -
Chester's mother was Malivina Stone. She was born on April 29, 1802. In Berkshire, Vermont. -
Chester A. Arthur was born on October 5, 1829. It happened at Fairfield, Vermont. His birth was normal and very usual. -
For elementary Chester A, Arthur went to public schools in Union Village now called Greenwich New York, and was tutored by his father. -
in high school he was home schooled. For college he went to Union College in Schenectady, New York. He studied law and how to be a lawyer. -
Chester A. Arthur was a part of the Republican party. He joined the party in the 1850s. -
Before he was president he was a lawyer. He helped Lizzie Jennings when she sued New York for not letting African Americans use public transportation. They won and were allowed to use public transportation. -
Chester A. Arthur and his family was Episcopalian. -
On October 25, 1859. Chester A. Arthur got married to Ellen Lewis Herndon. She was born on August 30, 1837 and died on January 12, 1880 from Pneumonia. -
Chester A. Arthur was assigned engineer in chief of the state military. It happened in New York in 1860 -
Chester A. Arthur got that so he could recruit and make sure there good enough for the military. He got more than 200,00 New Yorker's.
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Before he was president he was a lawyer. He also got to be engineer in chief of the state military by being appointed from. governor Edwin D. Morgan. -
He was named a collector of the New York Customs House.
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Early civil war he served as a Quartermaster General of the state of New York. -
Their first child was named after Ellen's dad (William) died at 2 years old. Their second child was a boy and his name was Chester Jr was born in 1864. They had a third child named Ellen, born in 1871. -
Chester A. Arthur put a stained glass window in his wife's old church. -
He had many nicknames. They were " the Elegant Arthur" and " the Gentleman Boss". His friends called him "Chet". -
It happened at St. Johns Church and it happened when he went to Washington to begin his term. He did this so he could remember his late wife who went to that church. -
James A. Garfield got killed. Chester A. Arthur was his vice president and him getting shot made Chester President. -
James A. Garfield got shot at Potomac train station. The Guiteau was an emotional man and got mad since he wouldn't refusal to appoint him to a European Council ship. James A. Garfield got shot in the back. -
Chester A. Arthur was elected to office on September 20, 1881. So he was the 21st president. He went to Washington DC for his presidency. -
One was the Chinese Exclusion Act. The Chinese Exclusion Act was bans Chinese laborers and denies citizenship rights to Chinese already in the United States. It the only American Immigration law to ban a group of people from entering. -
Chester A. Arthur and New York Governor Grover Cleveland went to the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. -
Chester A. Arthur renovated the White house in 1884. In Washington. -
Chester A. Arthur had Louis Comfort Tiffany redo the White House. He renovated it because he wanted it to be neater and less of a dump. -
Chester A. Arthur left office on March 4th, 1885. -
He went back to New York after his presidency. -
He ended up having Brights Disease. He died on November 18, 1886. He was barred at Rural Cemetery, Albany, New York. -
Chester A. Arthur didnt own any normal pets. He had horses instead. -
He was a Crier when he was a little boy.Which is a boy who stands on a street corner and shouts out names and qualifications of a candidate running for office.