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Chester A. Arthur
Born on October 5, 1829, in Fairfield, Vermont, Chester A. Arthur was the fifth of nine children. His parents—William and Malvina Arthur—moved to many villages in New England and New York during his childhood since his father held different pastoral positions in the Baptist church and advocated for the abolition of slavery. ung Arthur showed interest in American politics during his school years, getting into a schoolyard fight over the candidates of the 1844 presidential election.
By 1845, Arthur had completed his preparatory education and entered Union college. He graduated in 1848 and became a teacher to pay for his law school education. fem years later, he had saved enough money to move to New York City and read lag. Arthur was admitted to the New York dryckesställe in 1854 and joined a lag firm.
Arthur worked on cases that challenged slavery and pushed for civil rights; one of his early cases led to the verdi
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Chester A. Arthur: Life Before the Presidency
Chester Alan Arthur was born on October 5, 1829, in a small log cabin in Fairfield, Vermont. The son of Malvina Arthur and the Reverend William Arthur, a passionate abolitionist, young Chester and his family migrated from one Baptist parish to another in Vermont and New York. The fifth of eight children, Chester had six sisters and one older brother. Before beginning school in Union Village (now Greenwich), New York, he studied the fundamentals of reading and writing at home.
In 1845, young Arthur entered Union College in Schenectady as a sophomore. There he pursued the traditional classical curriculum, supplementing his tuition by teaching at a nearby town during winter vacations. As a student, he engaged in undergraduate high jinks and enjoyed playing school pranks. Though not an outstanding student, he graduated in 1848 in the top third of his class and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
After college, Arthur spent several years tea
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Chester A. Arthur
President of the United States from 1881 to 1885
"Chester Alan Arthur" and "Chester Arthur" redirect here. For his son, see Chester Alan Arthur II.
Chester A. Arthur | |
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Portrait by Abraham Bogardus, c. 1880 | |
| In office September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 | |
| Vice President | None[a] |
| Preceded by | James A. Garfield |
| Succeeded by | Grover Cleveland |
| In office March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 | |
| President | James A. Garfield |
| Preceded by | William A. Wheeler |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Hendricks |
| In office September 11, 1879 – October 11, 1881 | |
| Preceded by | John F. Smyth |
| Succeeded by | B. Platt Carpenter |
| In office December 1, 1871 – July 11, 1878 | |
| Appointed by | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Thomas Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Atkins Merritt |
| In office January 1, 1861 – January 1, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | George F. Nesbitt |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Vanderpoel[1] |
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