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