Chester Arthur's Presidency was predicted by James Russel Webster, a
Perry resident. A detailed account of this prediction is found in a
self-written memorial for Webster.
In 1860, Chester Arthur and "Nell" had a son, William Lewis Herndon
Arthur, who was named after Ellen's father. This son died at age two
of a brain disease.
unfounded allegations regarding Chester Arthur's foreign place of
birth, it remained unknown during the Garfield campaign that Arthur
was nevertheless a natural-born subject of the British crown,
because his
A Life in Brief: Chester Arthur was the fifth child of a fervent
abolitionist preacher who moved his family from one Baptist parish to
the next throughout New York and Vermont.
Chester Arthur would be 179 years old this year
BIOGRAPHY
With clean-shaven chin, good height, handsome face and side-whiskers,
it is said that Chester Alan Arthur
Chester Arthur, who before his elevation to the Presidency was
considered the very epitome of patronage politics, had ashis major
accomplishment the reform of the civil service system.
note that Presidents Harry Truman and Chester Arthur came up
through the Pendergast machine...Neither President Trumans nor
President Arthurs administrations were tainted.
* “State of the Union, 1812” ( in Document: Chester Arthur: State of
the Union, 1882 )
People
The following are some people associated with "Chester A.
Chester Arthur was our 21st President, and another Vermonter, who
presided over the ribbon cutting for the Brooklyn Bridge and
redecorated the White House.