* 1885 – Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania ( d. 1969 )

* 1885 – Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Harry S. Truman ( d. 1982 )

* 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, American politician, 21st Vice President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

Ulysses S. Grant ( born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885 ) was the 18th President of the United States ( 1869 – 1877 ) following his dominant role in the second half of the Civil War.

* Ulysses S. Grant ( 1822 – 1885 ), American General and the 18th President of the United States ( 1869 – 1877 )

* August 20 – Julio Lozano Díaz, President of Honduras ( b. 1885 )

* March 4 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States ( 1885 – 1889 ) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison ( 1889 – 1893 ).

* March 23 – Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

* September 7 – Thomas Hendricks, Vice President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

* April 27 – Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

Don Cenobio Sauza, founder of Sauza Tequila and Municipal President of the Village of Tequila from 1884 – 1885, was the first to export tequila to the United States, and shortened the name from " Tequila Extract " to just " Tequila " for the American markets.

On December 12, 1881, he was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Chester A. Arthur to succeed James G. Blaine, and served until the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in 1885.

* Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States, 1885 – 1889 and 1893 – 1897

Schuyler Colfax, Jr. (; March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885 ) was a United States Representative from Indiana ( 1855 – 1869 ), Speaker of the House of Representatives ( 1863 – 1869 ), and the 17th Vice President of the United States ( 1869 – 1873 ).

Thomas Andrews Hendricks ( September 7, 1819November 25, 1885 ) was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana ( 1873 – 1877 ), and the 21st Vice President of the United States ( 1885 ).

When he was indicted for defrauding the Post Office, they renamed it on March 5, 1885, for Grover Cleveland, the newly elected President of the United States.

George Brinton McClellan ( December 3, 1826 October 29, 1885 ) was a major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic Party candidate for President in 1864.

* Ulysses S. Grant ( 1822 – 1885 ), Union Army general and the eighteenth President of the United States ( 1869 – 1877 ).

Furthermore, Pyle introduced the manufacture of brick, planned and installed the first public water system, was President of the West Grove Improvement Company which financed the construction of the casket factory in 1885, served on Borough Council and was Burgess ( Mayor ) from 1900-1903.

In 1885, Lord Salisbury appointed Balfour as President of the Local Government Board ; the following year he became Secretary for Scotland, with a seat in the cabinet.

Former Vice President Schuyler Colfax died while traveling in Mankato on January 13, 1885.

* Political Department as President of the Confederation ( 1885 )

He was President of the Confederation six times in 1865, 1871, 1874, 1878, 1885 and 1893.

* 1885 – Chester Nimitz, U. S. admiral ( d. 1966 )

* February 20 – Chester Nimitz, American admiral ( b. 1885 )

* Chester W. Nimitz ( 1885 – 1966 ), American five-star admiral

* 1885 Chester W. Nimitz, future Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, is born in Fredericksburg.

" In May 1885, the Chester County Democrat reported that thirty new homes were under construction in the village of West Grove.

* Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz ( 1885 – 1966 ) Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Pacific Forces in World War II.

Founded January 27, 1885, the town was named after Chester A. Arthur ; the 21st president of the United States.

Chester was home to Chester City F. C., who were founded in 1885 and elected to the Football League in 1931, and played at their Sealand Road stadium until 1990, spending two years playing in Macclesfield before returning to the city to the new Deva Stadium – which straddles the border of England and Wales – in 1992.

He died at Bournemouth on the December 15, 1885, and was buried in the cloister garth of Chester.

* In 1884 – 1885, when Garfield's successor, Chester A. Arthur, was suffering the effects of the Bright's disease that would take his life less than two years after he left office.

" Lowell held this role until the close of Chester A. Arthur's presidency in the spring of 1885, despite his wife's failing health.

was founded in 1885 as an amalgamation of Chester Rovers and Old King's Scholars F. C.

In 1882, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Astor Minister to Italy, a post he held until 1885.

* Chester Alan Arthur Jr. ( 1864 – 1937 )-He graduated from Princeton University in 1885 and went on to Columbia Law School.

* Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz USN, ( 1885 – 1966 )

From October 1884 until the close of President Chester A. Arthur's term of office in March 1885 he was again secretary of the treasury, the 36th in the line.

Lincoln censured Hazen for his public criticisms and Hazen was court-martialed in 1885, resulting in a mild reprimand from President Chester A. Arthur.

*" Chester A. Arthur " ( 1885 )

In February 1885, Warren was appointed Governor of the Territory of Wyoming by President Chester A. Arthur, although he was removed by Democratic President Grover Cleveland in November 1886.

It met in Washington, D. C. from March 4, 1883 to March 4, 1885, during the last two years of the administration of U. S. President Chester A. Arthur.

* Arthur Cottage, the ancestral home of Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States, from 1881 to 1885, is close to the village, on the B62 road from Ballymena.

This is a category for Chester City F. C., players, from their formation in 1885 to their closure in 2010.