Chester arthur biography

Chester Alan Arthur was born in the town of Fairfield, Franklin County, Vermont, on October 5, The family remained in Fairfield until , and then lived in several other locations in Vermont for a time before moving to Lansingburgh, New York, where Arthur&#;s abolitionist father, the Rev. William Arthur, preached in the Baptist church. Chester Arthur was educated at the Lansingburgh Academy and in the Lyceum, a preparatory school for Union College. Arthur graduated from Union College in Schenectady in “with maximum honors” and then commenced his legal studies, first at the State and National Law School in Ballston Spa, New York, and then, in , in the Brooklyn law office of his father’s friend and fellow abolitionist, Erastus D. Culver. When he was admitted to the dryckesställe in May , Arthur was invited to join in the partnership, now renamed Culver, Parker & Arthur.

In , Erastus Culver and John Jay, grandson of Chief Justice John Jay, represented the petitioner in the  Lemmon Slave

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Dignified, tall, and handsome, with clean-shaven chin and side-whiskers, Chester A. Arthur "looked like a President."

The son of a Baptist preacher who had emigrated from northern Ireland, Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, in He was graduated from Union College in , taught school, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in New York City. Early in the Civil War he served as Quartermaster General of the State of New York.

President Grant in appointed him Collector of the Port of New York. Arthur effectively marshalled the thousand Customs House employees under his supervision on behalf of Roscoe Conkling's Stalwart Republican machine.

Honorable in his personal life and his public career, Arthur nevertheless was a firm believer in the spoils system when it was coming under vehement attack from reformers. He insisted upon honest administration of the Customs House, but staffed it with more employees than it needed, retaining them for their merit as party workers rath

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Dignified, tall, and handsome, with clean-shaven chin and side-whiskers, Chester A. Arthur looked like a president.

The son of a Baptist preacher who had emigrated from northern Ireland, Arthur was born on October 5, in Fairfield, Vermont. He graduated from Union College in , taught school, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in New York City. Early in the Civil War he served as quartermaster general in the New York Volunteers. In , Arthur married Ellen “Nell” Herndon, with whom he had three children.

President Grant in appointed him collector of the Port of New York. Arthur effectively marshaled the thousand Customs House employees under his supervision on behalf of Roscoe Conkling’s Stalwart Republican machine. Honorable in his personal life and his public career, Arthur nevertheless was a firm believer in the spoils system when it was coming under vehement attack from reformers. He insisted upon honest administration of the Customs House, but staffed it with more employ