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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arthur , Chester Alan , 1830 -1886 (search)
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1830-1886
Twenty-first President of the United States, from Sept. 19, 1881, to March 4, 1885; Republican; born in Fairfield, Vt., Oct. 5, 1830; was graduated at Union College in 1848; studied law, was admitted to the bar in e admission of colored persons to the street-cars of New York City by gaining a suit against a railway company in 1856. Mr. Arthur did efficient service during the Civil War as quartermaster-general of the State of New York.
In 1872 he was appointed ecame President.
He died in New York City, Nov. 18, 1886.
Veto of Chinese immigration bill.
On April 4, 1882, President Arthur sent the following veto message to the Senate:
To the Senate,--After a careful consideration of Senate Bill No. ing the act herewith returned, which was handed to the Secretary of State by the Chinese minister in Washington.
Chester A. Arthur. Executive mansion, Washington, April 4, 1882.
the memorandum.
1. The time fixed in the bill, namely, twenty
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential elections. (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vice-Presidents of the United States (search)
Vice-Presidents of the United States
They preside in the Senate, and on the death, resignation, or disability of the President, succeed him. Five Vice-Presidents have in this way become Presidents: John Tyler, succeeding William Henry Harrison, who died April 4, 1841; Millard Fillmore, succeeding Zachary Taylor, who died July 9, 1850; Andrew Johnson, succeeding Abraham Lincoln, who died April 15, 1865; Chester A. Arthur, succeeding James A. Garfield, who died Oct. 19, 1881; and Theodore Roosevelt, succeeding William McKinley, who died Sept. 14, 1901.