General information

Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur
President order: 21
Republican
Born in Vermont
Sworn in on 9/19/1881
Age at inauguration: 51
Less than 1 term

Biography

Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) served as the 
21st President of the United States (1881–1885). Arthur was a member of 
the Republican Party and worked as a lawyer before becoming the 20th Vice
 President under James Garfield. Although Garfield was mortally wounded 
by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, he did not die until September 19 
of that year, at which time Arthur was sworn in as president, serving until
 March 4, 1885.

Early life:
Chester Alan Arthur was the son of Irish-born preacher William Arthur (born
 in Cullybackey, Ballymena, County Antrim) and Vermont-born Malvina Stone 
Arthur. Malvina's grandfather, Uriah Stone, fought for the Continental Army
 during the American Revolution and named his son, Malvina's father, George
 Washington Stone. Malvina's mother was part Native American. At the time of
 the birth of the future president, Arthur's father was an Irish subject of 
the United Kingdom of Scottish descent, who naturalized as a U.S. citizen 
in 1843.


Marriage and family:
Arthur married Ellen "Nell" Lewis Herndon on October 25, 1859. She was the 
only child of Elizabeth Hansbrough and Captain William Lewis Herndon USN. 
She was a favorite niece of Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, USN of the 
United States Naval Observatory where her father had worked.

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