Chester Alan Arthur

Birth-Death: (1830 - 1886 ) Term: (1881-1885 )

Near the end of President Chester's administration, the rail and steel industries were booming. Major railroads were completed, reaching the Pacific Coast, and increasing the rate of westward expansion. The first general Federal immigration law was passed, and in 1882, paupers, criminals, and lunatics were no longer allowed to immigrate into the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Bill was passed by Congress in 1882.

Chronology of Chester Arthur

1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge is completed

1883 - Standard Time is adopted by the railroads

1884 - Construction began on the world's first skyscraper in Chicago