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Chester dad, William Arthur was born
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Chester's mom, Malvina Stone Arthur was born
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Chester was born in Fairfield, Vermont
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chester's younger brother William was born
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Chester and Ellen got married soon after they got enaged
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Ellen got pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy, William Arthur
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William died at only 3 years old
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Chester Alan Arthur was born only one year after his older brother had died
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Ellen got pregnant with their first daughter, Ellen Herdon Arthur
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Arthur is diagnosed with Bright's Disease
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Ellen died 9 years after their daughter was born at 42 years of age
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Chester became vice president soon after his wife died
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Arthur and Garfield were elected as the presidents
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James Garfield was assassinated and died only a few months after his presidency started
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After Garfield died Arthur is sworn president of the united states
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Arthur is inaugurated and officially becomes president
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The assassin that killed Garfield is trialed
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Arthur passed an important law
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Arthur signs a bill appropriating funds for the Navy's first steel vessels.
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The Brooklyn Bridge is opened to the public to use while Chester was 2 years into his tearm
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Arthur receives Korean ambassadors in New York.
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Arthur issues a proclamation recommending the observance of the 100th anniversary of General George Washington returning his commission as commander-in-chief to the Continental Congress.
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The US participated in an international conference to establish standard time
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Arthur asks the legislature to appropriate funds for naval reconstruction work
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a bill repealing the 1862 test oath, which required officeholders to swear they had never engaged in illegal or disloyal conduct.
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Congress passes an act regarding civil government in Alaska
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Arthur passed a proclamation that warned people not to settle in Oklahoma
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Chester's 4 years of a presidency is over
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Arthur dies of Bright's Disease
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A statue is made and located in New York City in honor of Arthur