who was he?
He was  an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885.
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885
who was president when the washington monument was built UNANSWERABLE when was it built? Construction began in 1848. when did it get completed? 1888 who built it? Robert Mills was the architect. did he also design it? Yes, the society held a competition for designs, and he was the winner. who inaugurated it? Chester A. Arthur
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Chester A. Arthur [SEP] Introduction
At the outset, Arthur struggled to overcome a negative reputation as a Stalwart and product of Conkling's organization. To the surprise of reformers, he advocated and enforced the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. He presided over the rebirth of the US Navy, but he was criticized for failing to alleviate the federal budget surplus which had been accumulating since the end of the Civil War. Arthur vetoed the first version of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, arguing that its twenty-year ban on Chinese immigrants to the United States violated the Burlingame Treaty, but he signed a second version, which included a ten-year ban.