As we prepare to fly home today, I want to thank Matt and Johnathan for letting us stop at the Albany Rural Cemetery to visit the grave site of President Chester Arthur. This is one of the things I wanted to do on our brief stay in Albany, NY.
Grave of President Chester Arthur
President Arthur was the 21st President of the United States. He was a member of the Republican party and worked as an attorney prior to becoming the Vice President under President Garfield. When President Garfield was assassinated, Arthur was then sworn in as President and served until March 4, 1885.
While President he was a “champion for civil service reform”. Arthur’s primary achievement was viewed to be the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act which earned Arthur the nickname “The Father of Civil Service”.
There was actually a lot of speculation as to whether or not President Arthur was an American citizen. Some groups thought he was born in Canada and others argued that he was actually born in Ireland. (Does all this sound familiar? LOL)
He did want to seek re-election but due to a kidney disease (Bright’s Disease) he wasn’t able to throw himself into the campaign as needed and he did not win the election.
President Chester A. Arthur (taken from wikipedia.org)
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