Chester A. Arthur

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President of the United States human lawyer politician

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

Aliases (3)

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 Alan Arthur II → Ellen Herndon Arthur → William Lewis Herndon Arthur →
conflict	American Civil War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1886-11-18 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
educatedAt	Union College →
familyName	Arthur →
father	William Arthur →
fullName	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 (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, 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 →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Grover Cleveland → Stephen Grover Cleveland →	precededBy
Chester A. Arthur ("Chester Alan Arthur II") →	child
Chester A. Arthur ("Chester Alan Arthur") →	fullName
Union College →	hasAlumni
Albany Rural Cemetery →	hasNotableInterment
Gilded Age →	notablePoliticalFigure
Grover Cleveland →	precededByAs22ndPresident
Garfield →	runningMate
Robert Todd Lincoln ("President Chester A. Arthur") →	servedUnder
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 →	signedBy
Garfield →	succeededBy
James A. Garfield →	successor