QUICK FACTS

Nickname: Elegant Arthur

Years in office: 1881–1885

Political party: Republican

Birthday: October 5, 1829

Official presidential portrait of Chester A. Arthur

by Daniel Huntington, 1885

The Grand Illumination, Peter Waddell (Peter Waddell for the White House Historical Association

When Chester A. Arthur, a man of distinguished tastes, moved into the White House, he made some changes. Most notable, was a colored glass screen created by the up-and-coming artist, Louis Comfort Tiffany. The screen is no longer there, but we can imagine how it might have looked with this artwork, researched and created by Peter Waddell.

Chester A. Arthur was never elected as president.

BIRTHPLACE

Fairfield, VT

HOME

New York, NY

MONUMENT

Madison Square Park, New York, NY

GRAVESITE

Albany, NY

BOOKS

Davis, Kenneth C., and Pedro Martin. Don’t Know Much about the Presidents. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.

DeGregorio, William A., and Aaron Jaffe. The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, Inc., 2017.

Kane, Joseph Nathan, and Janet Podell. Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information. New York: H.W. Wilson, 2009.

WEBSITES

Encyclopedia Britannica, britannica.com

Library of Congress, loc.gov

Miller Center, University of Virginia, millercenter.org/the-presidency

The White House, whitehouse.gov

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