Arthur MacArthur Jr. (June 2, 1845 – September 5, 1912) was a

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of the

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. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied

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in 1900; his term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian governor, future- U.S. President

William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...

. His son, Douglas MacArthur, was one of only five men promoted to the

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of General of the Army during

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. In addition to their both being promoted to the rank of general officer, Arthur MacArthur Jr. and Douglas MacArthur also share the distinction of having been the first father and son to each be awarded a

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Early life

MacArthur was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. His father was Arthur MacArthur, Sr., a Scottish-born American lawyer, judge and politician who served as the fourth Governor of Wisconsin (albeit for only four days), a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in

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, and an Associate Justice on the

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. His mother was Aurelia Belcher (1819–1864), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Benjamin B. Belcher. From his parents' marriage, he had one brother, Frank. After his mother's death in 1864, his father remarried to Mary E. Willcut.

Military career

MacArthur's father secured him an appointment to the

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. At the outbreak of the

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, MacArthur was living in

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Civil War

On August 4, 1862, his father secured a commission for him as a first lieutenant and appointed as adjutant of the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, seeing action at

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, Chattanooga, the Atlanta Campaign and Franklin. At the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, during the Chattanooga Campaign, the 18-year-old MacArthur inspired his regiment during a largely uncoordinated and spontaneous frontal assault of Union forces against entrenched Confederate forces on a hilltop. During the charge the regimental flags were carried in front, so that every flag-bearer was constantly a target, causing immense casualty among them. MacArthur seized the flag from a fallen comrade and planted the regimental flag on the crest of Missionary Ridge at a particularly critical moment, shouting ''"

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."'' For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was

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in the

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the following year. Only 19 years old at the time, he became nationally recognized as "The Boy Colonel" (not to be confused with Henry K. Burgwyn, known as the ''"Boy Colonel of the Confederacy"''). MacArthur was severely wounded in the Battle of Franklin, receiving bullet wounds to the chest and leg from a rebel officer's pistol, but would ultimately survive. On January 25, 1864, he was promoted to major and about a year and a half later, on May 18, 1865, to lieutenant colonel – shortly before he was mustered out of service on June 10, 1865. In recognition of his gallantry in action he received brevets (honorary promotions) to lieutenant colonel and colonel dated March 15, 1865.

American Indian Wars

With the conclusion of the Civil War in June 1865, MacArthur resigned his commission and began the study of law. After just a few months, however, he decided this was not a good fit for him, so he resumed his career with the Army. He was recommissioned on February 23, 1866, as a second lieutenant in the

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's 17th Infantry Regiment, with a promotion the following day to

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. Because of his outstanding record of performance during the Civil War, he was promoted in September of that year to captain. However, he would remain a captain for the following two decades, as promotion was slow in the small peacetime army. Between 1866 and 1884, MacArthur completed assignments in

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, New York,

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, and

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. In 1884, MacArthur became the post commander of Fort Selden, in

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. The following year, he took part in the campaign against Geronimo. In 1889, he was promoted to Assistant Adjutant General of the Army with the rank of major, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1897.

Spanish–American War (1898)

Following the outbreak of the

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, MacArthur was serving as the

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of the Third Army Corps in

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. In June 1898 he was brevetted to

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in the

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. He was appointed as commanding general of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Eighth Army Corps and led it to victory at the Battle of Manila on August 12, 1898. He was promoted to major general on August 13, 1898.

Philippine–American War (1899-1902)

He led the 2nd Division of Eighth Corps during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Manila (1899), the Malolos campaign and the Northern Offensive. When the American occupation of the Philippines turned from conventional battles to guerrilla warfare, MacArthur commanded the Department of Northern Luzon. In January 1900, he was appointed

in the Regular Army and was appointed military governor of the

with command of Eighth Corps, replacing General Elwell S. Otis. He authorized the expedition, under General

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, that resulted in the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo. MacArthur persuaded the captured Aguinaldo to cease fighting and to swear allegiance to the United States. He was promoted to

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in the Regular Army on February 5, 1901. During the war,

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relieved

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Elwell S. Otis of command and replaced him with MacArthur giving him the title of Military Governor of the Philippines on May 6, 1900. However,

was appointed to head the

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by McKinley and arrived to

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in June 1900 to effect the transition from military to civil government. MacArthur firmly opposed the timing of direct involvement by the

as he did not believe the

was ready for civil rule yet. Both Taft and MacArthur, in separate correspondences, informed

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, Elihu Root, of the contention between each other and their differing views on the future of the

. On February 27, 1901, shortly after promoting MacArthur to the rank of

, Secretary

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informed

Adna R. Chaffee that he would succeed MacArthur as military governor in the

. However, Chaffee would be subordinate to

, who would be appointed as Civilian Governor. On June 21, 1901,

's War Department informed MacArthur that Chaffee was to replace him as military head in the

with the change to take place on July 4, 1901. Taft decided, "four, possibly five and two small parts of others", of the 27 organized provinces across the Philippines (16 additional provinces remained unorganized at the end of 1900), "in which armed insurrection continues, will remain under the executive jurisdiction of the military governor and commanding general". The contentiousness between Taft and MacArthur seemed all too apparent as Taft stated publicly that neither his approach of municipal code nor the provincial government act under both Otis and MacArthur would form a perfect government, "though it was possible to make the former much more complete than the latter". Taft further distanced himself and work by characterizing prior military efforts as "two experiments in municipal government under the administrations of General Otis and General MacArthur before the hilippine Commission began its legislative work". After the combined ceremony installing Taft and change of command from MacArthur to Chaffee on July 4, 1901, MacArthur packed his bags that same day and boarded a ship for the United States.

Return to the United States

In the several years that followed, he was assigned to serve at various times as commander of the Department of the Colorado, the Lakes, the East, and eventually the Pacific Division. When the

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exploded in early 1904, eight American officers were promptly sent to the Manchurian front as observers. Chafing at the bit at his headquarters in

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, MacArthur requested that he also be assigned as a

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upon hearing of the outbreak of war between

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and Japan in 1904. He finally secured the appointment, but arrived in

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in mid-March, 1905, just after the major fighting had ended with the Japanese triumph at the Battle of Mukden. When the Portsmouth Peace Conference was convened in August, MacArthur was sent to

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as military attaché to the American legation. During

's 1905 trip to Japan, Taft also met with MacArthur, as he was now the

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military attaché to Japan, in

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(likely at th
Oriental Palace Hotel
where MacArthur and his wife, Mrs. "Pinky" MacArthur, were staying). In the course of this meeting, it was decided 1st Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur would replace Captain Paul W. West as Maj. Gen. MacArthur's aide-de-camp and accompany him on a 'reconnaissance mission' to various Asian countries from November 1, 1905, through late June 1906 traveling over 20,000 miles, per Douglas MacArthur vouchers. On July 17, 1906, MacArthur, Mrs. MacArthur, and Douglas MacArthur sailed from

and arrived at

to resume his post at

as Commander of the Pacific Division. In this capacity he was promoted to

in September 1906, but though now the highest-ranking officer in the Army, was not elevated to chief of staff then or later.

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J. Franklin Bell had been made the chief of staff while MacArthur was in Asia on April 14, 1906, and subsequently promoted to

on 3 January 1907. In early 1907, MacArthur, after 47 years of devoted and distinguished service, was told by Taft's War Department that he had been passed over for chief of staff of the Army. Instead of chief of staff, he was offered command of the Eastern department. MacArthur refused Taft's offer of commanding the Eastern department, stating that it would mean a humiliating reduction in authority for him. MacArthur proposed that the War Department either accept his retirement or assign him to some "special duty" which would not be an affront to his honor. Shortly thereafter, MacArthur received orders to 'proceed to Milwaukee, there to perform such duties as may hereafter be assigned', but no further duties were given to him. Taft was inaugurated as

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in March 1909, and MacArthur retired quietly from the Army on June 2, 1909. MacArthur never did realize his dream of commanding the entire Army. He was one of the last officers on active duty in the Army who had served in the Civil War. MacArthur was elected a member of the

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(MOLLUS) in 1868 and was assigned insignia number 648. On May 6, 1908, he was elected commander of the Wisconsin Commandery of MOLLUS. He was elected as the Order's senior vice commander in chief on October 18, 1911, and became the Order's commander in chief upon the death of Rear Admiral

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on March 17, 1912. He held the office until his own death six months later.

Personal life

On May 19, 1875, MacArthur married Mary Pinkney "Pinky" Hardy (1852–1935), daughter of Thomas A. Hardy of Norfolk, Virginia. Together, they had three children: * Arthur MacArthur III (1876–1923), a captain in the

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who was awarded the

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. * Malcolm MacArthur (1878–1883), who died young of measles. * Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964), who was born at the Arsenal Barracks in Little Rock, Arkansas On

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, 1912, while addressing a reunion of the 24th Wisconsin veterans in

, MacArthur was suddenly and fatally stricken by an apoplectic attack (now known as a stroke). As MacArthur recounted "one of the most remarkable scouting expeditions of the war", he told his men, "Your indomitable courage...", then halted his speech with the words, "Comrades, I am too weak to go on". He sat back down and collapsed, dying moments later. A young medical intern, serving as a waiter at the banquet, pronounced him dead on the platform. Both Mrs. MacArthur and Mr. Charles King, a retired officer and close friend of MacArthur, carried out MacArthur's final wishes to not be dressed uriedin his uniform and for the funeral service to be 'utterly devoid' of military display. Except for MacArthur's two sons, the only active military officer present at the funeral was a solitary

from a nearby

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. Finally, per MacArthur's final wishes, he was interred in a

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in Milwaukee rather than in

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. He was originally buried in Milwaukee on Monday, September 7, 1912, but was moved to Section 2 Gravesite 856-A of

in 1926. He is buried among other members of the family there, while his son Douglas chose to be buried in Norfolk, Virginia, the hometown of his mother, Mary Pinkney Hardy, and the site of the Hardy family home Riveredge. The

prepared and printed a eulogy praising MacArthur's military record and extolling "his fervent patriotism, his unshaken loyalty, his silent and soldierly acceptance of conditions little looked for in view of his great services and exalted rank". For some reason, Mrs. MacArthur was only granted a pension of merely $1,200.00/per year after MacArthur died September 5, 1912, whereas the

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s of all other

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were receiving $2,500.00/per year. Mr. James Flanders, a

attorney and lifetime friend of MacArthur, led a long but successful fight to get Mrs. MacArthur's pension raised to the amount equal to the

s of other

was

of the

at that time (March 1909 - March 1913), Elihu Root was a Senator for New York at that time (March 1909 - March 1915), and the

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administered pensions for military personnel from 1832 to 1930. The

had two duties: (1) assess and either approve or deny claims, and (2) pay approved benefits. During that same time period, the

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's workload was significantly being reduced due to the death of many Civil War pensioners in the early 1900s.

Awards and honors

Military awards

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* Indian Campaign Medal *

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Medal of Honor citation

Rank and Organization: :First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 24th Wisconsin Infantry. Place and date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863. Entered service at: Milwaukee, Wis. Birth: Springfield, Mass. Date of issue: June 30, 1890. Citation: Just over eight decades later (1864–1945), his son, Douglas MacArthur, would also gain fame for leading U.S. forces to victory in the

. Arthur MacArthur Jr. and Douglas MacArthur were the first father and son ever to each be awarded a

. To date, the only other father and son to be given this honor are former President

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and his son, Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Legacy

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, which protected the San Pedro, California, harbor from 1914 until 1974, was named after General Arthur MacArthur. Camp MacArthur, a World War I training camp in

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, was also named for the General. One of MacArthur's fellow officers in the 24th Wisconsin was future United States Senator John L. Mitchell, the father of controversial Army aviator Major General

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. MacArthur's son, General Douglas MacArthur, was a member of the younger Mitchell's court martial in 1925. The actor Tom Palmer (1912-1997) played Arthur MacArthur Jr. in the 1959 episode, "The Little Trooper", of the

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, ''

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'', hosted by

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Bryan Russell (1952-2016) played Arthur's four-year-old son, Douglas, the subject of the title of the episode, set at Fort Selden in the New Mexico Territory. Leonard Bremen (1915-1986) was cast as played Trooper Norkul, who takes a protective interest in young Douglas.

Dates of rank

''Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 1789–1903''. Francis B. Heitman. 1903. Volume 1. pg. 652.

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, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment,

– August 4, 1862 * Major, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment,

– January 25, 1864 * Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet

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– March 13, 1865 * Lieutenant Colonel, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment,

– May 18, 1865 * Mustered out of Volunteer service – June 10, 1865 *

, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment,

– June 13, 1865 (Commissioned but not mustered)

* Second Lieutenant – February 23, 1866 *

– February 24, 1866 * Captain – July 28, 1866 * Major – July 1, 1889 * Lieutenant Colonel – May 26, 1896 * Brigadier General of Volunteers – May 27, 1898 * Major General of Volunteers – August 13, 1898 *

(

) – January 2, 1900 *

– February 5, 1901 *

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– September 15, 1906

In popular culture

* MacArthur was a character in the alternate history novel ''

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'' by

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(1995). * MacArthur was portrayed by James Paolleli in the Filipino film, '' El Presidente'' (2012). * MacArthur was portrayed by Miguel Faustmann in the Filipino film, ''

Heneral Luna ''Heneral Luna'' () is a 2015 Filipino historical biopic film depicting General Antonio Luna's leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine–American War. Directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno Productio ...

'' (2015), and its sequel, '' Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral'' (2018).

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Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur
Wife Of Union General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. * *
Arlington National Cemetery
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