Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, and served only because of the assassination of President James A. Garfield. He did not do much in office, but he did play an important role in the history of the United States.

Chester Alan Arthur was born in 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont to William and Malvina Stone Arthur. They moved around a lot, from different towns in Vermont and New York before finally settling in Saratoga County, New York. Arthur attended school there where he was known as "not an unusual member of the class...." After he graduated from Union College, he began to learn law and teach at a local school. In 1853, he began to work at a New York law office, owned by a friend of his father, Erastus D. Culver. A year later, he passed his bar exam and received his...