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Chester Alan Arthur II
American sportsman and art connoisseur (1864–1937)
Chester Alan Arthur II, also known as Alan Arthur, (July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937) was an American sportsman and art connoisseur. He was the son of Chester A. Arthur, president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He studied at Princeton University and Columbia Law School. After completing his studies, Arthur traveled throughout Europe for 10 years. In 1900, he married in Switzerland and moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to improve his health.
Biography
Early life
Chester Alan Arthur II was the second son of Ellen Lewis Herndon and Chester A. Arthur.[1] Ellen was the daughter of explorer William Lewis Herndon.[2] He was born on July 25, 1864[3] in New York City.[2] His elder brother, William Lewis Herndon Arthur, was born in December 1860, named after Ellen's father, and died in July 1863[4][5] from convulsions[2] or swelling of the brain.[6] It was particularly difficult for Nell, her husban
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Chester A. Arthur
President of the United States from 1881 to 1885
"Chester Alan Arthur" and "Chester Arthur" redirect here. For his son, see Chester Alan Arthur II.
Chester A. Arthur | |
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Portrait by Abraham Bogardus, c. 1880 | |
| In office September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 | |
| Vice President | None[a] |
| Preceded by | James A. Garfield |
| Succeeded by | Grover Cleveland |
| In office March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 | |
| President | James A. Garfield |
| Preceded by | William A. Wheeler |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Hendricks |
| In office September 11, 1879 – October 11, 1881 | |
| Preceded by | John F. Smyth |
| Succeeded by | B. Platt Carpenter |
| In office December 1, 1871 – July 11, 1878 | |
| Appointed by | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Thomas Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Atkins Merritt |
| In office January 1, 1861 – January 1, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | George F. Nesbitt |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Vanderpoel[1] |
| In office April 14, 1862 – July 12, 1862 | |
| Preceded by | Marsena R. Patrick |
Succeeded
1829-1886Chester Alan Arthur was born in the town of Fairfield, Franklin County, Vermont, on October 5, 1829. The family remained in Fairfield until 1832, and then lived in several other locations in Vermont for a time before moving to Lansingburgh, New York, where Arthur’s abolitionist father, the Rev. William Arthur, preached in the Baptist church. Chester Arthur was educated at the Lansingburgh Academy and in the Lyceum, a preparatory school for Union College. Arthur graduated from Union College in Schenectady in 1849 “with maximum honors” and then commenced his legal studies, first at the State and National Law School in Ballston Spa, New York, and then, in 1853, in the Brooklyn law office of his father’s friend and fellow abolitionist, Erastus D. Culver. When he was admitted to the bar in May 1854, Arthur was invited to join in the partnership, now renamed Culver, Parker & Arthur. In 1852, Erastus Culver and John Jay, grandson of Chief Justice John Jay, represented the petitioner in the Lemmon Slave Case. Judge Elijah Paine ruled that the Lemmon slaves becam Copyright ©dewpant.pages.dev 2025 | |