What is Chester A. Arthur?
{{one source|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox_officeholder | name = Chester A. Arthur | nationality = American | image = Carthur.jpeg | order = 21st [[President of the United States]] | term_start = September 19, 1881 | term_end = March 4, 1885<!-- Prior to the passage of the 20th Amendment, presidential terms ended at 23:59:59 on March 3. --> | predecessor = [[James A. Garfield]] | successor = [[Grover Cleveland]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1829|10|5}} | birth_place = [[Fairfield, Vermont|Fairfield]], [[Vermont]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1886|11|18|1829|10|5}} | death_place = [[New York City, New York]] | spouse = [[Nell Arthur|Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur]] | party = [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | vicepresident = ''None'' | order2 = 20th [[Vice President of the United States]] | term_start2 = March 4, 1881 | term_end2 = September 19, 1881 | predecessor2 = [[William A. Wheeler]] | successor2 = [[Thomas A. Hendricks]] | president2 = [[James A. Garfield]] | caption = Portrait by Daniel Huntington }} '''Chester Alan Arthur''' (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was the 21st [[president of the United States]] from 1881 to 1885. Before becoming president, he was most noted as the Collector of [[Tariff|Customs]] for the [[Port of New York and New Jersey|Port of New York]], a job he got from his political friendships. Arthur was the first [[president of the United States]] to take oath of office at his own house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.republicanpresidents.net/10-interesting-facts-about-chester-arthur/|title=10 Interesting Facts About Chester Arthur|date=28 February 2009 |publisher=Republican Presidents.net|accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref> Arthur was a lawyer in [[New York City]]. Two of his cases were famous. One confirmed that any slave brought to New York wa