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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