Randall Passmann of Colonie channels his inner president to play Arthur, an obscure president with extensive Albany-area ties in "The Gilded Age." ...

On this date in 1881, Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as President of the United States. Our friend Thomas Sonnenschein is here to honor the underappreciated, overnamed twenty-first president. Many ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We’ve now reached “The Dude President” - Chester Alan Arthur. Before becoming the 21st president - Arthur was the son of an abolitionist Baptist preacher who ...

The tomb of Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886), 21st president of the United States, is one of the most visited sites. He is perhaps the cemetery's greatest claim to fame.

Scott Greenberger, 48, is a journalist and the author of "The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur." He lives with his wife and two children in Takoma Park, Md.

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a professional, merit-based civil service since shortly after the Civil War.

The 21st president of the United States was honored Wednesday with a ceremonial wreath laying at Albany Rural Cemetery.

President Chester A. Arthur did not have the good fortune to be memorable. His grandson, Chester Alan "Gavin" Arthur III, is a completely different story.

Newly widowed Chester Arthur held a series of patronage positions and was relatively unknown to the public before securing the vice presidential slot on the Republican ticket of 1880. When the ...

Chester, Ellen, and Mary Arthur Carl Sferrazza Anthony talked about the lives of Chester and Ellen Arthur prior to him succeeding James Garfield as president as well as the role of first lady and ...

Out of the others, nine became President after the existing President either died or resigned, while five of those (John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Gerald Ford) were ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We’ve now reached “The Dude President” - Chester Alan Arthur. Before becoming the 21st president - Arthur was the son of an abolitionist Baptist preacher who ...