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Chester A. Arthur

1829 - 1886

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Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield. Assuming the presidency after Garfield's assassination, Arthur's presidency saw the largest expansion of the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chester A. Arthur has received more than 7,642,222 page views. His biography is available in 119 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 116 in 2019). Chester A. Arthur is the 1,753rd most popular politician (down from 1,548th in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from United States (down from 474th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Politician.

Chester A. Arthur is most famous for being the 21st President of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885.

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  • 7.6M

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  • 66.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 119

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 8.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chester A. Arthur ranks 1,753 out of 19,576. Before him are Desiderius, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Fulk, King of Jerusalem, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Hyeonjong of Joseon, and Theophanu. After him are Philip V of Macedon, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Sahure, Rastislav of Moravia, Carinus, and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Chester A. Arthur ranks 5. Before him are Levi Strauss, Oscar II of Sweden, Geronimo, and August Kekulé. After him are Anton Rubinstein, John Everett Millais, Auguste Beernaert, Philip Sclater, Asaph Hall, Theodor Billroth, and Alfred Brehm. Among people deceased in 1886, Chester A. Arthur ranks 6. Before him are Franz Liszt, Ramakrishna, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Leopold von Ranke, and Emily Dickinson. After him are John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ilya Ulyanov, and Pierre-Jules Hetzel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester A. Arthur ranks 528 out of 20,380. Before him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Charlie Parker (1920), Kip Thorne (1940), Michael Keaton (1951), Farrah Fawcett (1947), and Alice Cooper (1948). After him are Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Tom Clancy (1947), Alvin Toffler (1928), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), and Tennessee Williams (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Chester A. Arthur ranks 64. Before him are Jim Mattis (1950), Dick Cheney (1941), John Tyler (1790), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), John Kerry (1943), and David Duke (1950). After him are Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Kamala Harris (1964), Boris Johnson (1964), Colin Powell (1937), and Nancy Pelosi (1940).

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