Chester A. Arthur

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Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, best known for his civil service reforms and leadership during the Gilded Age.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chester A. Arthur canonical 42
Chester Alan Arthur 2
Chester Alan Arthur II 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States
human
lawyer
politician
almaMater Union College
associatedWith Stalwart faction of the Republican Party
birthDate 1829-10-05
birthPlace Fairfield, Vermont, United States
burialPlace Albany Rural Cemetery
causeOfDeath Bright's disease
child Chester A. Arthur self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chester Alan Arthur II

Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
surface form: Ellen Herndon Arthur

William Lewis Herndon Arthur
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1886-11-18
deathPlace New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
educatedAt Union College
familyName Arthur
father William Arthur
fullName Chester A. Arthur self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chester Alan Arthur
givenName Chester
governedDuring Gilded Age
hasMonument Chester A. Arthur Monument in Madison Square Park
implemented merit-based civil service examinations
knownFor Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
civil service reform
middleName Alan
militaryRank brigadier general (brevet)
mother Malvina Stone Arthur
numberOfChildren 3
occupation lawyer
politician
officeNumber 21st President of the United States
orderInOfficeAsPresident 21
orderInOfficeAsVicePresident 20
politicalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
portraitArtist Daniel Huntington
positionHeld Chairman of the New York Republican Party
Collector of the Port of New York
President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
precededByAsPresident James A. Garfield
precededByAsVicePresident William A. Wheeler
presidentOf United States of America
profession attorney
reformed federal civil service system
religion Episcopalianism
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
servedIn Union Army
signatureImage Chester Alan Arthur Signature.svg
signed Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
spouse Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
stateOfBirth Vermont
succeededByAsPresident Grover Cleveland
succeededByAsVicePresident Thomas A. Hendricks
termEndAsPresident 1885-03-04
termEndAsVicePresident 1881-09-19
termStartAsPresident 1881-09-19
termStartAsVicePresident 1881-03-04
vicePresidentOf United States of America

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Subject: Chester A. Arthur
Description of subject: Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, best known for his civil service reforms and leadership during the Gilded Age.

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gilded Age notablePoliticalFigure Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland (buried there) precededByAs22ndPresident Chester A. Arthur
subject surface form: Grover Cleveland
James A. Garfield successor Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur fullName Chester A. Arthur self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chester Alan Arthur
Chester A. Arthur child Chester A. Arthur self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chester Alan Arthur II
Grover Cleveland precededBy Chester A. Arthur
Robert Todd Lincoln servedUnder Chester A. Arthur
this entity surface form: President Chester A. Arthur
Union College hasAlumni Chester A. Arthur
Stephen precededBy Chester A. Arthur
subject surface form: Stephen Grover Cleveland
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 signedBy Chester A. Arthur
Albany Rural Cemetery hasNotableInterment Chester A. Arthur
Garfield succeededBy Chester A. Arthur
Garfield runningMate Chester A. Arthur
Malvina Stone Arthur child Chester A. Arthur
Malvina Stone Arthur notableRelative Chester A. Arthur
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act signedBy Chester A. Arthur
William Arthur child Chester A. Arthur
William Arthur notableRelative Chester A. Arthur
William Arthur hasDescendant Chester A. Arthur
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur spouse Chester A. Arthur
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur relative Chester A. Arthur
Shelby Moore Cullom servedUnderPresident Chester A. Arthur
Fairfield, Vermont, United States hasNotablePerson Chester A. Arthur
subject surface form: Fairfield, Vermont
Walter Quinton Gresham appointedBy Chester A. Arthur
subject surface form: Walter Q. Gresham
William Lewis Herndon Arthur father Chester A. Arthur
William Lewis Herndon Arthur father Chester A. Arthur
this entity surface form: Chester Alan Arthur
William Lewis Herndon Arthur hasRelative Chester A. Arthur
Arthur hasNotableBearer Chester A. Arthur
Edmunds Act signedBy Chester A. Arthur
Edmunds Act presidentAtEnactment Chester A. Arthur
Samuel Blatchford appointedBy Chester A. Arthur
William H. Hunt appointedBy Chester A. Arthur
Horace Gray appointedBy Chester A. Arthur