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Chester Arthur’s Early Years and Family

Chester Alan Arthur was born on October 5, 1829, in Fairfield, Vermont. His Baptist minister father, William Arthur, hailed from Ireland, and his mother, Malvina Stone Arthur, was from Vermont.

During Chester Arthur’s childhood, his family moved around Vermont and upstate New York for his father’s work.

Did you know? Before he moved into the White House, Chester Arthur hired designer and stained-glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) to redecorate the state rooms.

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During the process, more than 20 wagonloads of furnishings from previous presidential administrations were cleared out and auctioned off.

Chester, or “Chet,” as he was known, attended Union College in Schenectady, New York.

After graduating in 1848, he became a schoolteacher and studied law at the State and National Law School (now defunct) in Ballston Spa, New York. In the early 1850s, he served as the principal of schools in North Pownal, Vermont, and Cohoes, New Yo