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Chester Alan Arthur - 21st President of the United States
September 20, 1881 to March 3, 1885
Born: October 5, 1830, Fairfield, Vermont
Died: November 18, 1886, New York City, New York (Bright's Disease - 56)
Interred: Rural Cemetery, Albany, New York
50 years old, Episcopalian, Lawyer, Teacher, Republican
Parents: Willliam & Malvina (Stone) Arthur
Married: October 25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis Herndon
Children: William Lewis Herndon (1860-63); Chester Alan (1864-1937); Ellen Herndon (1871-1915)
Also served:
Vice President for James A. Garfield
Vice President: None
Facts:
Arthur enjoyed walking at night and seldom went to bed before 2 A.M.
Had 24 wagonloads of old furniture and junk removed from the White House before moving in
Arthur told a temperance group that called on him at the White House, "I may be President of the United States but my private life is my own damn business."
Nickname: "The Gentleman Boss"
Was not Inaugurated
On September 20, 1881, upon the death of President Garfield, Vice President Arthur received a group at his home in New York City to take the oath of office, administered by New York Supreme Court Judge John R. Brady. The next day he again took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Morrison Waite, in the Vice President's Office in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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