In 1881, as James Garfield lay dying of gunshot wounds, the nation considered a Chester Arthur presidency and trembled with fear. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Contact Chris ...

On this date in 1881, Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as President of the United States. Our friend Thomas Sonnenschein is here to honor the underappreciated, overnamed twenty-first president.

On this day in 1881, Chester Arthur was inaugurated as the nation’s 21st president, becoming the third president to hold that office in one year. A similar situation had occurred in 1841 when ...

Chester A Arthur arrived in the White House ... which approved of such patronage. As President, however, Arthur broke decisively with his former cronies, to the fury of Republican power brokers ...

Although the phrase was used in federal courtrooms since 1789, the first proof it was used in a presidential oath of office came with Chester Arthur's inauguration in September 1881. Every ...

While Monday's inauguration ceremony for President ... After President James Garfield was shot in 1881, then-Vice President Chester A. Arthur took the oath of office in New York City at his ...