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.
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.
James Garfield is best known as the 20th president of the United States. He was assassinated after only a few months in office.
• James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death by assassination six and a half months later. He was the first sitting member of Congress to be elected to the presidency, and remains the only sitting House member to gain the White House.
• Born: November 19, 1831, Moreland Hills, OH
• Full name: James Abram Garfield
• Assassinated: September 19, 1881, Elberon, Long Branch, NJ
• Years of service: 1861 to1863
• Presidential term: March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
• Buried: Lake View Cemetery, OH
• First president to be elected to the presidency directly from the House of Representatives.
• First president to be left-handed or ambidextrous.
• First president to die before reaching the age of 50.
• First president to have served as a university president.
• First president to be wounded in the American Civil War.
James Garfield is best known as the 20th president of the United States. He was assassinated after only a few months in office.
• James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death by assassination six and a half months later. He was the first sitting member of Congress to be elected to the presidency, and remains the only sitting House member to gain the White House.
• Born: November 19, 1831, Moreland Hills, OH
• Full name: James Abram Garfield
• Assassinated: September 19, 1881, Elberon, Long Branch, NJ
• Years of service: 1861 to1863
• Presidential term: March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
• Buried: Lake View Cemetery, OH
• First president to be elected to the presidency directly from the House of Representatives.
• First president to be left-handed or ambidextrous.
• First president to die before reaching the age of 50.
• First president to have served as a university president.
• First president to be wounded in the American Civil War.
