He was probably better than most people think. He pushed forward the Civil Service Act which, unfortunately for him, was not popular with his supporters in his party and he was mistrusted by the reformers in the party and so was not really considered for a second term and thus was doomed to obscurity.
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Chester A. Arthur
He never ran for president. He was vice president put into office as president when Garfield was assassinated.
Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, aka , Fonzie or Fonz shared names with Presidents Chester Alan Arthur and Herbert Hoover.
Chester A Artur
There are 6 I know of:1) 19th President Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)2) 20th President James A. Garfield (1881) *Assassinated3) 21st President Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)4) 22nd and 24th President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893-1897)5) 23rd President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)6) 25th President William McKinley (1897-1901) *Assassinated