Chester A. Arthur

== Term ==
* 21st President of the United States
* September 19, 1881 - March 4, 1885 (51-55)
* Republican
* Preceded by James A. Garfield
* Succeeded by Grover Cleveland
* 20th Vice President of the United States
* March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881 (51)
* Preceded by William A. Wheeler
* Succeeded by Thomas A. Hendricks
* 13th Chairman of the New York State Republican Party
* September 11, 1879 - October 11, 1881 (49-52)
* Preceded by Alonzo B. Cornell
* Succeeded by B. Platt Carpenter
* 22nd Collector of the Port of New York
* December 1, 1871 - July 11, 1878 (42-48)
* Preceded by Thomas Murphy
* Succeeded by Edwin Atkins Merritt
* Quartermaster General of the New York State Militia
* July 27, 1862 - January 1, 1863 (32-33)
* Preceded by Cuyler Van Vechten
* Succeeded by Sebastian Visscher Talcott
* Inspector General of the New York State Militia
* April 14, 1862 - July 12, 1862 (32)
* Preceded by Marsena R. Patrick
* Succeeded by Cuyler Van Vechten
* Engineer-in-Chief of the New York State Militia
* January 1, 1861 - January 1, 1863 (31-33)
* Preceded by George F. Nesbitt
* Succeeded by Isaac Vanderpoel
== Life Data ==
* Chester Alan Arthur
* Born October 5, 1829
* in Fairfield, Vermont
* Education: Union College (BA 1848), State and National Law School (LLD 1854)
* Occupation: Lawyer, Educator, Soldier, Politician
* Died November 18, 1886 (57 years)
* in New York City, New York
== Military Service ==
Brigadier General	New York State Militia	1857-63
== Parents ==
Father	William Arthur	December 5, 1796	October 27, 1875 (78 years)	April 12, 1821 - January 16, 1869 (47 years)
Mother	Malvina Stone 	April 29, 1802 	January 16, 1869 (66 years)	April 12, 1821 - January 16, 1869 (47 years)
== Siblings ==
1.	Regina Malvina Arthur	March 8, 1822 	November 16, 1910 (88 years)	m.1849 William Caw (1816-64) 	m.1849 William Caw (1816-64)
2.	Jane Arthur 	March 14, 1824 	March 14, 1824 	April 15, 1842 (18 years) 	April 15, 1842 (18 years)
3.	Almeda Malvina Arthur	January 22, 1826	March 26, 1899 (73 years) 	m.1854 James Masten (1828-1902) 	1 child
4.	Ann Eliza Arthur 	January 1, 1828 	January 1, 1828 	April 10, 1915 (87 years) 	April 10, 1915 (87 years)
5.	Malvina Arthur 	April 5, 1832 	January 16, 1920 (87 years) 	m.1854 Henry Haynesworth (1827-92)	m.1854 Henry Haynesworth (1827-92)
6.	William Arthur Jr. 	May 28, 1834 	February 27, 1915 (80 years)	m.1867 Alice Jackson (1835-1916) 	4 children
7.	George Arthur 	May 24, 1836 	May 24, 1836 	March 8, 1838 (1 year) 	March 8, 1838 (1 year)
8.	Mary Arthur 	July 5, 1841 	January 8, 1917 (75 years) 	m.1861 John McElroy (1833-1916) 	4 children
== Paternal Grandparents ==
Paternal Grandfather	Alan Arthur 	1766	1800 (33-34 years)	1795 - 1799 (3-4 years)
Paternal Grandmother	Eliza MacHarg	1777	1799 (21-22 years)	1 child
== Maternal Grandparents ==
Maternal Grandfather	George Washington Stone	February 22, 1777	January 12, 1854 (76 years) 	March 23, 1800 - January 12, 1854 (53 years)
Maternal Grandmother	Judith Stevens 	October 26, 1771 	December 28, 1855 (84 years)	5 children
== Marriage ==
Wife 	Ellen Lewis Herndon
Birth 	August 30, 1837
Father 	William Lewis Herndon (1813-57)
Mother 	Frances Elizabeth Hansborough (1817-78)
Marriage	October 22, 1859 - January 12, 1880 (20 years)
Death 	January 12, 1880 (42 years)
== Child 1 ==
William Lewis Herndon Arthur	December 10, 1860	July 8, 1863 (2 years)
== Child 2 ==
Chester Alan Arthur Jr. 	July 25, 1864 	July 18, 1937 (72 years)
m.1900 Myra Townsend Fithian (1870-1935)	m.1900 Myra Townsend Fithian (1870-1935)	m.1900 Myra Townsend Fithian (1870-1935)
Child 1 	Chester (1901-72) 	
# m.1922 Charlotte Wilson (1897-1979)
# m.1935 Esther Murphy (1897-1962)
# m.1965 Ellen Jansen (1899-1984)
Child 2 	Ellen (1904-04) 	Ellen (1904-04)
m.1934 Rowena Dashwood (1894-1965) 	m.1934 Rowena Dashwood (1894-1965) 	m.1934 Rowena Dashwood (1894-1965)
== Child 3 ==
Ellen Herndon Arthur	November 21, 1871	September 6, 1915 (43 years)	m.1907 Charles Downing Pinkerton (1871-1974)
== Presidential Cabinet ==
Secretary of State 	
# James G. Blaine
# Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	
# 1830-93
# 1817-85	
# 1881
# 1881-85	
# Maine
# New Jersey
Secretary of the Treasury	
# William Windom
# Charles J. Folger
# Walter Q. Gresham
# Hugh McCulloch	
# 1827-91
# 1818-84
# 1832-95
# 1808-95	
# 1881
# 1881-84
# 1884
# 1884-85	
# Minnesota
# New York
# Indiana
# Indiana
Secretary of War 	Robert Todd Lincoln	1843-1926	1881-85	Illinois
Attorney General 	
# Wayne MacVeagh
# Benjamin H. Brewster	
# 1833-1917
# 1816-88	
# 1881
# 1881-85	
# Pennsylvania
# Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Navy 	
# William H. Hunt
# William E. Chandler	
# 1823-84
# 1835-1917	
# 1881-82
# 1882-85	
# Louisiana
# New Hampshire
Postmaster General 	
# Thomas Lemuel James
# Timothy O. Howe
# Walter Q. Gresham
# Frank Hatton	
# 1831-1916
# 1816-83
# 1832-95
# 1846-94	
# 1881
# 1881-83
# 1883-84
# 1884-85	
# New York
# Wisconsin
# Indiana
# Iowa
Secretary of the Interior	
# Samuel J. Kirkwood
# Henry M. Teller	
# 1813-94
# 1830-1914	
# 1881-82
# 1882-85	
# Iowa
# Colorado
== Chief Justice ==
7.	Morrison Waite	1816-88	1874-88 (14 years)	Connecticut
== Associate Justices ==
1.	Samuel Freeman Miller	1816-90 	1862-90 (28 years) 	Iowa
2.	Stephen Johnson Field	1816-99 	1863-97 (34 years) 	California
3.	Joseph P. Bradley 	1813-92 	1870-92 (22 years) 	New Jersey
4.	Ward Hunt 	1810-86 	1873-82 (9 years) 	New York
5.	John Marshall Harlan 	1833-1911	1877-1911 (34 years)	Kentucky
6.	William Burnham Woods	1824-87 	1881-87 (6 years) 	Ohio
7.	Stanley Matthews 	1824-89 	1881-89 (8 years) 	Ohio
8.	Horace Gray 	1828-1902	1882-1902 (20 years)	Massachusetts
9.	Samuel Blatchford 	1820-93 	1882-93 (11 years) 	New York