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

The most recent sitting president to not receive the party nod was President Chester Arthur, who served from 1881 to 1885 and ended up in the White House entirely by accident. Arthur was not even ...

Here’s the connection between our roads and the men for whom they’re named and why we we ended up with so many.

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 ...

As another Presidents’ Day has come and gone, it gives us a chance to reflect on the greatest men to ever lead our nation.

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 ...

She thus created the first presidential library, setting the precedent for the collection of papers of the President for posterity. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur, however, burned most of ...