Chester Arthur Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events |
| 1881 | His was the 21st President of the United States following the shooting of President James Garfield by Charles Guiteau. He is one of five Presidents who were never inaugurated. |
| 1881 | November: The trial of Charles Julius Guiteau begins |
| 1881 | Geronimo's War (1881–1886). Geronimo led Apache warriors against the US and Mexico |
| 1881 | David Houston patented the roll film for cameras |
| 1881 | December: James G. Blaine, the Secretary of State, resigns due to important political differences between himself and the President |
| 1882 | The Star-Route Scandal involving bribes of Postal Officials |
| 1882 | January: The President is ill and diagnosed with a fatal kidney ailment |
| 1882 | The Edmunds Act is passed excluding bigamists and polygamists from voting and holding office |
| 1882 | Charles Guiteau was hung on June 30, 1882, 2 days before the first anniversary of the shooting of President Garfield |
| 1882 | The Chinese Exclusion Act bans Chinese citizenship and restricts Chinese immigration |
| 1882 | The Immigration Act of 1882 restricted immigrants from Europe and made several categories of immigrants ineligible entry into the United States |
| 1883 | January: The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is passed following the assassination of President Garfield by the disgruntled job seeker, Charles Guiteau. Moving away from the 'Spoils System' it stipulated that government appointments would be made according to merit |
| 1883 | March: The Tariff of 1883, also known as the Mongrel Tariff Act, is passed |
| 1883 | May: The Brooklyn Bridge is opened |
| 1884 | Standard Time is established |
| 1884 | The Bureau of Labor is established |
| 1884 | George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film. |
| 1884 | The President issues a Proclamation warning against attempts to settle on Indian lands in Oklahoma |
| 1884 | April: The Statue of Liberty is presented by the people of France to people of the United States. The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi |
| 1885 | February: The Washington Monument, an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is dedicated in Washington, D.C. to commemorate George Washington |
| 1885 | The Foran Act or Alien Contract Labor Law is passed virtually banning Alien contract labor |
| 1885 | His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was Grover Cleveland |
Chester Arthur Timeline of important Events |