Chester Arthur was the twenty-first president of the United States. 

Important events during President Arthur's administration were:

• Congress passed an act on August 5, 1882 that limited the number of Chinese immigrants the United States would allow.

• William F. Cody's "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" premiered in 1883.

• The Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883.  At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.

• The Civil Service Commission was organized on March 9, 1883.

• Standard time was adopted on November 18, 1883 to help the railroad schedules.

• The Home Insurance Building, the first skyscraper, was built in 1884 by William LeBaron Jenney in Chicago.

• Mark Twain published "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in 1884. 

• Territorial government in Alaska was established on May 17, 1884.

• The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana was opened on December 16, 1884 when President Arthur pushed a button in Washington, D.C.

• The Washington Monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885 in Washington, D.C.

Chester Arthur was:

• the first President born in Vermont.

• the eighth President who lived in a state where he wasn't born.

• the fourth widower who was inaugurated President.