Inauguration Day is a crucial ... the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Chester A. Arthur in September of 1881 following the assassination of James Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt in September ...
Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...
The Last of the "Log Cabin Presidents" James Garfield was the last ... of papers of the President for posterity. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur, however, burned most of his papers the ...
While Monday's inauguration ceremony for ... After President James Garfield was shot in 1881, then-Vice President Chester A. Arthur took the oath of office in New York City at his private ...
Here's what you need to know about Inauguration Day ... President Chester Arthur took the oath privately following the death of President James Garfield and again two days later in the Capitol.
The inauguration ... post shot President James A. Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. Garfield would not survive his injuries, making his vice president, Chester A.