Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...

One of the most prominent Stalwarts was Garfield’s own vice president, Chester A. Arthur. Arthur was a machine politician from Manhattan who had been a master of patronage as the collector of ...

Chester A. Arthur was president and the Civil War was still fresh in the national memory in 1883 when eight women, drawn ...

5, 2020 6:14 a.m. The words in these letters spoke volumes. Julia Sand wrote to then-vice president Chester A. Arthur, who would become the 21st president of the United States, offering advice on ...