On the morning of July 2, 1881, a man wearing a black slouch hat and a tattered dark suit crept up behind President James Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad depot in Washington, D.C ...

The last to open will be the site of Vermont's first U.S. President, the President Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site, ...

Take, for example, what happened with James Garfield, who was elected, assassinated, and replaced by Vice President Chester Arthur, who finished out the term but wasn’t reelected. Should those ...

Brooklyn may be the king’s county, but it has been the stomping grounds of many a president, too. From Chester A. Arthur to both Roosevelts, to Hoover and Truman and Eisenhower and Obama ...

Also, President Chester Arthur took the oath privately following the death of President James Garfield and again two days later in the Capitol. Grover Cleveland is considered the 22nd and 24th ...

On May 6, 1882, President Chester Arthur signed a law that reshaped America. More than a century later, Congress formally apologized for it. The Chinese Exclusion Act blocked Chinese workers from ...

He had held office for six months. Garfield was succeeded by Vice President Chester Arthur. Guiteau was found guilty and executed in June 1882. McKinley was shot after giving a speech in Buffalo ...

Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. Garfield would not survive his injuries, making his vice president, Chester A. Arthur, head of state. On Sept. 20, 1881, then-Vice President Arthur ...