Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States. He served as vice president at the time President James Garfield was assassinated, and acceded to the presidency thereafter.

• Chester Alan Arthur was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885.
• Born: October 5, 1829, Fairfield, VT
• Died: November 18, 1886, Chester A. Arthur Home, New York, NY
• Presidential term: September 20, 1881 – March 4, 1885
• Party: Republican Party
• Years of service: 1857–1863
• Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, NY
• First president born in Vermont.
• First president to take the oath of office in his own home.
• First president to have an elevator installed in the White House.
• First president to have been appointed to a non-cabinet or ambassadorial federal office, having been appointed collector of the Port of New York by Ulysses S. Grant in 1871.