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.
Roscoe Conkling
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Roscoe Conkling was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was a leader of the Republican
Chester A. Arthur
…the New York Militia during the American Civil War. Following the war, he devoted more time to New York Republican politics and quickly rose in Senator Roscoe Conkling's political organization. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him as Collector of the Port of New York in 1871, and he was an important supporter of…
Portrait by Mathew Brady, 1868
Conkling's father Alfred was a United States representative and ambassador to Mexico.
Daguerreotype of a young Roscoe Conkling, c. 1855
Chester A. Arthur, as a young lawyer. Conkling nurtured Arthur's career and relentlessly promoted him.