Chester Alan Arthur
He was born in Fairfield, Vermont. Arthur graduated from Union college in 1848. He served as a Quartermaster General in New York.
Quartermster Genteral- would supply troops with supplies and provisions. He had to utfit the troops.
In 1878 Arthur became vice-president. He later became president after Garfields assassination. Arthur Tried to lower tariffs. In 1882 he made the first immigration law. It made sure that paupers (poor people), criminals, or crazy peole got into the U.S. Later on down the road Chinese would be rejected to.
He died of a kidney diseas 2 years after his presidency ended.
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