Chester A. Arthur: the Fairfield-born president nobody expected
Chester Alan Arthur was born in Fairfield in 1829, became a New York machine politician and, after Garfield’s assassination, an unexpected reformer in the White House.
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Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch: the president sworn in by lamplight
Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch on July 4, 1872, and took the presidential oath there by kerosene lamp in 1923. The village is now a state historic site.
