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Chester Alan Arthur was born on October 5, 1829, in the town of Fairfield, Vermont. His father, William Arthur, was a Baptist minister who had emigrated from Northern Ireland, and his mother was Malvina Stone Arthur. Due to William Arthur’s ministerial duties, the family frequently moved between Vermont and New York. Arthur completed his early education in various parts of New York, including Greenwich, Perry, and Lansingburgh. He entered Union College in 1845 and graduated in 1848 at the top of