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Caarthur

Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States





Term[]

  • December 1, 1871 - July 11, 1878 (6 years, as Collector of the Port of New York City, New York)
  • Preceded by Thomas Murphy
  • Succeeded by Edwin Atkins Merritt


Life Data[]

  • Chester Alan Arthur
  • Born October 5, 1829 (Fairfield, Vermont)
  • Died November 18, 1886 (57 years)
  • Education: Union College (BA 1848)
  • Occupation: Lawyer, Teacher, Civil Servant, Politician
  • Military Service: 1857-63 (6 years, Brigadier General, New York State Militia)
  • Political Party: Whig (1848-54), Republican (1854-86)


Immediate Family[]

  • Father: William Arthur (1796-1875)
  • Mother: Malvina Stone (1802-69)


  • Sibling 1: Regina Malvina Arthur (1822-1910)
  • m.1850 William Caw (1816-64)
  • Sibling 2: Jane Arthur (1824-42)
  • Sibling 3: Almeda Malvina Arthur (1826-99)
  • m.1854 James Masten (1828-1902)
  • Children: 1 son
  • Sibling 4: Ann Eliza Arthur (1828-1915)
  • Sibling 5: Malvina Arthur (1832-1920)
  • m.1854 Henry Haynesworth (1827-92)
  • Sibling 6: William Arthur Jr. (1834-1915)
  • m.1867 Alice Jackson (1835-1916)
  • Children: 1 son, 3 daughters
  • Sibling 7: George Arthur (1836-38)
  • Sibling 8: Mary Arthur (1841-1917)
  • m.1861 John McElroy (1833-1915)
  • Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters


  • Paternal Grandfather: Alan Arthur (1766-1800)
  • Paternal Grandmother: Eliza MacHarg (1777-99)


  • Maternal Grandfather: George Washington Stone (1777-1854)
  • Maternal Grandmother: Judith Stevens (1771-1855)


Wife: Ellen Lewis Herndon[]

  • Born August 30, 1837
  • Father: William Lewis Herndon (1813-57)
  • Mother: Frances Elizabeth Hansborough (1817-78)
  • Died January 12, 1880 (42 years)
  • Marriage: October 25, 1859 - January 12, 1880 (20 years, widowed)


Child 1: William Lewis Herndon Arthur[]

  • Born December 10, 1860
  • Died July 7, 1863 (2 years)


Child 2: Chester Alan Arthur Jr.[]

  • Born July 25, 1864
  • Died July 18, 1937 (72 years)
  • First Wife: Myra Townsend Fithian (1870-1935)
  • Marriage: May 8, 1900 - 1927 (26-27 years, divorced)


  • Child 1: Chester Alan Arthur III (1901-72)
  • m.1922 Charlotte Wilson (1897-1978)
  • m.1935 Esther Murphy (1897-1962)
  • m.1965 Ellen Jansen (1899-1984)
  • Child 2: Ellen Herndon Arthur (1904-04)


  • Second Wife: Rowena Dashwood (1894-1965)
  • Marriage: November 3, 1934 - July 18, 1937 (2 years, died)


Child 3: Ellen Herndon Arthur[]

  • Born November 2, 1871
  • Died September 6, 1915 (43 years)
  • Husband: Charles Downing Pinkerton (1871-1974)
  • Marriage: November 17, 1907 - September 6, 1915 (7 years, died)

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