Chester A. Arthur succeeded a president that has previously served how many terms in the House of representatives?
Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States (1881–85); he succeeded James A. Garfield upon the latter's assassination. At the outset, Arthur struggled to overcome a slightly negative reputation, which stemmed from his early career in politics as part of New York's Republican political machine. He succeeded by embracing the cause of civil service reform. His advocacy for, and subsequent enforcement of, the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was the centerpiece of his administration.
Frank Wolf (politician) Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is an American Republican former legislator who represented Virginia 's 10 congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 1981 to his retirement in January 2015. He announced in December 2013 that he would not run for re-election in 2014, after he slumped in early polls, and retired at the conclusion of his 17th term in office. At the time of his announcement, he was the state's longest serving congressman, serving for 34 consecutive years.