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Chester A. Arthur was the 19th (1877-1881) President of the United States. He was a Representative from Ohio prior to his Presidency. He was born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822. He attended the common schools, the Methodist Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and the Webb Preparatory School in Middletown, Connecticut. He was graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in August 1842 and from the Harvard Law School in January 1845. He was admitted to the bar May 10, 1845, and commenced practice in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont). He moved to Cincinnati in 1849 and resumed the practice of law. He was city solicitor from 1857 to 1859. He was commissioned a major of the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, June 27, 1861, lieutenant colonel October 24, 1861, colonel October 24, 1862, brigadier general of Volunteers October 9, 1864 and brevetted major general of Volunteers March 3, 1865.
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Chester A. Arthur was the 21st (1877-1881) President of the United States. He was born in Fairfield, Vermont on October 5, 1829 to the joy of his father. He served as President after President Garfield was shot down by an angry stalwart. He died in 1886.
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Arthur was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1865, to July 20, 1867, when he resigned, having been nominated for Governor of Ohio. He was Governor from 1868 to 1872, and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-third Congress. He was again elected Governor and served from January 1876 to March 2, 1877, when he resigned, having been elected President of the United States. He was inaugurated March 5, 1877, and served until March 3, 1881. He died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 17, 1893. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery. Following the gift of his home to the State of Ohio for the Spiegel Grove State Park he was reinterred there in 1915.
 

Revision as of 19:06, March 27, 2007

Chester A. Arthur was the 21st (1877-1881) President of the United States. He was born in Fairfield, Vermont on October 5, 1829 to the joy of his father. He served as President after President Garfield was shot down by an angry stalwart. He died in 1886.

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