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 ...

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 ...

She thus created the first presidential library, setting the precedent for the collection of papers of the President for posterity. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur, however, burned most of ...

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 ...

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

Bush and Chester A. Arthur, who tied for 12th-worst, among the nation's 45 former commanders in chief. President Donald Trump is the third-worst president overall, according to U.S. News’ most ...