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Branch: Descendants of James Taylor I (died VA 1698) ![]() |
William Arthur | 5 DEC 1796 -- 27 OCT 1875 | |
Malvina Stone | 29 APR 1802 -- 16 JAN 1869 |
Cmdr. William Lewis Herndon | 25 OCT 1813 -- 12 SEP 1857 | ![]() |
Frances Elizabeth Hansbrough | 10 OCT 1817 -- 5 APR 1878 | ![]() |
Birth | 5 OCT 1829 | possibly 1830, he apparently changed the year of his birth | ||
Education | 1848 | ![]() | ||
Org. | 1867 | ![]() | Century Club, Member | |
Org. | 1871-1878 | ![]() | Collector of the Port of New York | |
Election | 1880 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
History | JUN 1880 | Republican National Convention Delegate | ![]() | |
Occup | 1881-1885 | ![]() | ||
Occup | 1881-1881 | ![]() | ||
Death | 18 NOV 1886 | Cause: cerebral hemorrhage | ||
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The public was quite concerned that Roscoe Conkling's old friend and political henchman, Chester Arthur, one who very much approved of the patronage system, was now President. An interesting point about Arthur's becoming President was that he actually took the oath of office twice: "the first administered," notes John Sutherland Bonnell in his PRESIDENTIAL PROFILES, "as soon as news of the president's death reached him and the second when the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court presided. On the latter occasion, President Arthur opened the Bible at the Thirty-first Psalm and reverently kissed the page." He had selected this psalm, because the opening verses reminded him of the Te Deum which his wife often sang in the Episcopal choir,... Read More
Children | First Name | Birth Dt | Death Dt | Birth Place | Spouses | |
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1✟ | Lewis Herndon | 10 DEC 1860 | 7 JUL 1863 | NY | ||
2+ | Chester Alan | 25 JUL 1865 | 17 JUL 1937 | NY | Rowena Dashwood, Myra Townsend Fithian | |
3 | Ellen Herndon | 21 NOV 1871 | 6 SEP 1915 | NY, New York Co | Charles Pinkerton |
Name | Relation | ||
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![]() | Benjamin Harris Brewster Sr. | Attorney General | |
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![]() | President James Abram Garfield | President | |
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