A Presidential Historian Explains What to Know About Presidents Garfield and Arthur Before Watching Netflix’s Death by Lightning

The nation had already endured one presidential assassination, but this one felt different. Abraham Lincoln’s killing had ...

‘Death By Lightning’ Gives Nick Offerman the Role of a Lifetime in Chester A. Arthur: “Those Were His Actual Muttonchops”

"When I started writing Arthur, Nick was really the voice that I had in my mind the entire time," Death By Lightning ...
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What happened to Chester Arthur in real life?

While the shooting didn't prove immediately fatal, the resulting infected wound ultimately claimed his life on September 19.

See the cast of “Death by Lightning ”side-by-side with the real-life people they play

Offerman, best known as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), has since starred on The Great North (2021–2025), ...
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America's first freedom rider : Elizabeth Jennings, Chester A. Arthur, and the early fight for civil rights / Jerry Mikorenda

Preface: Unheralded labors -- Good old New York stock -- The wizard of Whipple City -- Slavery in the Empire City -- Bold men of color -- Sisters in struggle -- Zack comes to town -- City of omnibuses ...
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Chester A. Arthur, a quarter-century of machine politics

I. MINISTER'S SON. Death of Garfield -- Arthur takes oath of office -- A British subject? -- Ancestry -- Birthplace -- Elder William Arthur's parishes -- His abolitionism -- Union College. II. YOUNG ...
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The Real Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’ and the Shocking Assassination of President James A. Garfield

The new limited series dramatizes the brief tenure of the 20th commander in chief, who was fatally shot by Charles J. Guiteau ...