Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885

Chester A. Arthur

September 19, 1881 to March 4, 1885

Year	Date	Document Title
1881	September 20, 1881	“Official Bulletin of the Autopsy on the Body of President Garfield”
	September 22, 1881	Arthur’s Inaugural Address
	November 29, 1881	Blaine’s Invitation to Pan-American Congress
	December 6, 1881	Arthur’s First Annual Message to Congress
1882	April 4, 1882	Arthur’s Veto of the Treaty Stipulations to the Chinese
	April 17, 1882	Arthur’s Message to Congress on the Mississippi River Commission
	April 18, 1882	Arthur’s Message to Congress about Meeting of American Countries
	April 26, 1882	Arthur’s Message to Congress on Arizona
	May 6, 1882	Chinese Exclusion Act
	July 1, 1882	Arthur’s Veto of an Immigration Act
	August 1, 1882	Arthur’s Veto of the Rivers and Harbors Act
	December 4, 1882	Arthur’s Second Annual Message to Congress
1883	January 16, 1883	Law Regulating Civil Service {excerpt}
	January 16, 1883	Pendleton Act
	March 1, 1883	Arthur’s Message to the Senate on a Chief Examiner for the Civil Service Commission
	March 20, 1883	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
	May 7, 1883	Arthur’s Revisions to Civil Service
	October 15, 1883	Civil Rights Cases
	November 7, 1883	Arthur’s Civil Service Rules & Regulations
	December 4, 1883	Arthur’s Third Annual Message to Congress
1884	January 8, 1884	Arthur’s Message to Congress on the Illinois-Michigan Canal
	March 3, 1884	Hurtado v. California
	March 26, 1884	Arthur’s Message to Congress about the Navy
	June 6, 1884	Republican Party Platform
	June 9, 1884	Arthur’s Message to Congress on the New Orleans Centennial Exposition
	July 1, 1884	Arthur’s Proclamation on the Indian Territory
	1884	Ex Parte Yarbrough (The Ku Klux Cases)
	1884	Julliard v. Greenman {excerpt}
	July 2, 1884	Arthur’s Veto of the Relief of Fitz-John Porter Bill
	July 11, 1884	Democratic Party Platform
	July 19, 1884	Arthur’s Proclamation on Quarantine Regulations
	December 1, 1884	Arthur’s Fourth Annual Message to Congress
	December 6, 1884	Hawai’i-United States Treaty
	December 8, 1884	Head Money Cases
	December 10, 1884	Arthur’s Message to the Senate about the Treaty with Nicaragua
	December 10, 1884	Arthur’s Message to the Senate on Commercial Reciprocity with Spain
1885	January 27, 1885	Arthur’s Message to the Senate on the Creek & Seminole Indians
	January 31, 1885	Arthur’s Proclamation on Canadian Reciprocity
	February 3, 1885	Arthur’s Message to Congress on President Grant
	February 26, 1885	McCulloch’s Executive Order Forbidding Alcoholic Beverages in Alaska
	February 26, 1885	Arthur’s Proclamation on Nicaraguan Reciprocity
	February 27, 1885	Arthur’s Proclamation for a Special Session of the Senate
	March 1. 1885	Treaty Regulating Immigration from China {excerpt}

Last updated August 02, 2006