Did you know he was known as The Gentleman Boss because he loved high fashion? (He earned nicknames like "Elegant Arthur" and "The Gentleman Boss" because he changed clothes multiple times a day and had a huge wardrobe. He reportedly owned 80 pairs of pants and used a personal valet to manage his outfits.)

Did you know he hated the old look of the White House and had 24 wagonloads of old furniture and items hauled out onto the lawn to auction off and then hired Louis Comfort Tiffany to redecorate the interior with glass screens and rich colors ?

Did you know he was a night owl and preferred to stay up late and would often take long walks through Washington, D.C. at 2.00 or 3.00 in the morning ?

Did you know after being elected vice president, Arthur asked his youngest sister Mary Arthur McElroy to take on many of the social duties of the White House and to help care for his daughter, named Ellen ? (Arthur's wife Ellen Herndon passed away on Jan. 12, 1880 due to complications from pneumonia.)

Did you know he began his legal career in New York City and as a young attorney won several high-profile civil rights cases ? (In 1855, he successfully represented Elizabeth Jennings Graham (1830-1901), a black woman who had been denied a seat on a Manhattan streetcar due to her race. The case helped lead to the desegregation of public transportation in New York City. Arthur was also involved in the so-called Lemmon slave case, in which the New York Supreme Court ruled in 1860 that slaves being transferred to a slave state through New York would be freed.)