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At the beginning of their careers, two future Presidents taught school in Pownal. Chester A. Arthur, a graduate of Union College, educated Pownal youth in 1851. Later, while an undergraduate at Williams College, James A. Garfield did likewise. When Garfield was assassinated in 1881, Arthur succeeded him as President.
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