Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...

Chester Alan Arthur, born in Franklin County in 1829, will be among the historic figures depicted in the Netflix drama series “Death by Lightning.” The series is based on the 2011 book “Dest ...

5, 2020 6:14 a.m. The words in these letters spoke volumes. Julia Sand wrote to then-vice president Chester A. Arthur, who would become the 21st president of the United States, offering advice on ...

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 ...