Chester A. Arthur
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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,
Arthur, c. 1880
Arthur's birthplace in Fairfield, Vermont
Arthur as a young lawyer
The New York Custom House (formerly the Merchants' Exchange building at 55 Wall Street) was Arthur's office for seven years.
James A. Garfield
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James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Ga
Chester A. Arthur
…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…
Garfield c. 1881
Replica of the log cabin in Moreland Hills, Ohio, where Garfield was born
Garfield at the age of 16
Lucretia Garfield in the 1870s