Behind the old-time veneer, see an essential country store Oct 11, 2009
The flaking green wallpaper in one room looks as if it predates the presidency of Vermonter Chester A. Arthur (1881-85). Some of the family photos on the wall certainly do. (Boston Globe)
The Top Political Dynasties Sep 15, 2009
Only once did a Frelinghuysen stray from New Jersey: Frederick Theodore was secretary of state in the administration of Chester A. Arthur. A characteristic of many dynasties is the ability to marry well. (Juneau Empire)
Sunday, September 20 Sep 13, 2009
1881 - Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who was assassinated. 1945 - All-India Congress Committee under Mohandas K. Gandhi and Pandit Nehru rejects British proposals for self-government, calling for full independence. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Obama Birth Flap Reopens Older Controversy Aug 18, 2009
21st President Chester A. Arthur Was Rumored to Have Been Born in Canada, Not Vermont ... Nearly 123 years after his death, doubts about his U.S. citizenship linger, thanks to lack of documentation and a political foe's claim that Chester A. Arthur was really born in Canada (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) ... (AP) Finding the "birthplace" of President Chester A. Arthur is easy: Turn left at Town Hall and its Chester A. Arthur Conference Room, go past Chester's Bakery and turn right on Chester A. Arthur... (CBS News)
* Obama birthplace flap has echoes of old controversy Aug 18, 2009
Finding the birthplace of former US president Chester A. Arthur is easy: Turn left at Town Hall and its Chester A. Arthur Conference Room, go past Chesters Bakery and turn right on Chester A. Arthur Road. Nearly 8km up the winding two-lane country road, past rolling hills and dairy farms, is the tiny Chester A. Arthur Historic Site, proclaiming the spot where the nations 21st president was born in a cottage ... At the Chester A. Arthur Historic Site, which draws about 400 visitors a year... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Obama in Yellowstone on Saturday (880) Aug 15, 2009
Besides Teddy Roosevelt, Presidents Chester A. Arthur, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Cooleridge, Warren G. Harding, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Clinton paid visits to the park. Long before he became president, Gerald Ford was a National Park Service ranger at Yellowstone during the summer of 1936. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
The Life of Chester A Arthur Aug 9, 2009
The 21st President of the United States. Chester A Arthur was born to a Baptist minister from northern Ireland in Fairfield, Vermont in 1829. (Suite101.com)
Salon's handy-dandy guide to refuting the Birthers Aug 5, 2009
Most important, Obama isn't the first president with a non-citizen parent: Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president, was. His father was from Ireland and did not become a U.S. citizen until more than 10 years after the future president's birth. (Salon)
11 Things: Obscure presidential nicknames Jul 31, 2009
Walrus (Chester A. Arthur). Because of the 'stache, obviously. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Capitol Notebook: First Capitol not easy to find10:05 pm | (No comments posted.) Jun 20, 2009
The next U.S. president, Chester A. Arthur, declined to reappoint Ordway in 1884 amid the turmoil caused by the removal to Bismarck. The controversy cemented majority opinion in the southern half of the territory that statehood should be sought for two Dakotas. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
American Presidents' Religious Affi... Jun 5, 2009
American Presidents' Religious Affiliations. American Presidents' Religious Affiliations. (Suite101.com)
More of this story Apr 18, 2009
When former New York Gov. Edwin D. Morgan owned the mansion, he hosted Ulysses S. Grant for three days, Chester A. Arthur for two weeks, and received Rutherford B. Hayes at his home, Mooney said. She and others believe the tree was more than 150 years old. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Book Review | 'A Strange Eventful History': Ellen Terry and Henry Irving: Co-stars in a life on the English stage Mar 28, 2009
They were befriended by prime ministers, performed in private for the queen and on one of their many trips to the United States dined with President Chester A. Arthur in the White House. Irving, whose ashes are buried in Westminster Abbey, was the first actor ever to be knighted. (International Herald Tribune)
Escaped slave's story offers lesson Feb 23, 2009
Viney lived in a student dormitory and was popular with the white sons of wealth and privilege who attended Union, including Chester A. Arthur, a future U.S. president, and Frederick William Seward, son of Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State William Seward, a Union alumnus. Viney later worked for Nott's widow, who left the family's loyal driver $1,000 in her will. (Albany Times Union)
Monumental egos Feb 22, 2009
The day before he died Chester A. Arthur filled three trash cans with official papers and burned them. Thanks to the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 and Presidential Records Act of 1978 such archival atrocities can't happen today. (Boston Globe)
Historian poll shuffles presidential rankings Feb 17, 2009
By Natasha T. Metzler, Associated Press Writer Monday, February 16, 2009. Former President George W. Bush, who left office last month, was ranked 36th out of the 42 men who had been chief executive by the end of 2008, according to a survey conducted by the cable channel C-SPAN.. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Historians list of presidential rankings Feb 16, 2009
Chester A. Arthur 32 32. Rutherford B. Hayes 33 26. (KHOU.com, TX)
Hail to the chiefs Feb 14, 2009
The exhibit features the 23 presidents who have served since Rexburg was founded in 1883, from Chester A. Arthur to Barack Obama. It will be on display at the museum through the month of February. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Obama Takes Presidential Oath -- Again Feb 8, 2009
Two other previous presidents have repeated the oath because of similar issues, Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur. Your Comments. (W-USA News, DC)
