Arthur Jr., then sixteen, became passionate about the Union cause. MacArthur appealed directly to President Abraham Lincoln to secure an appointment for Arthur Jr. to the United States Military Academy, but the boy was so eager to join the Union cause, he deferred the academy to volunteer for service. MacArthur assisted his then-seventeen-year-old son in obtaining a commission as an adjutant and first lieutenant in the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, under Colonel Charles H. Larrabee. Arthur Jr. went on to win the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Civil War, and pursued a career in the Army, eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant General (three star), and serving as American Governor-General of the Philippines. Arthur Jr. was also the father of American five-star General and World War II hero Douglas MacArthur. After the death of his wife, Aurelia, MacArthur married Mary E. (Willcut) Hopkins (1824–1899), the widow of Benjamin F. Hopkins. Death MacArthur died on August 26, 1896, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Electoral history Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor (1855) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 6, 1855 See also List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States References Further reading External links 1815 births 1896 deaths Democratic Party governors of Wisconsin Politicians from Milwaukee Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin Wisconsin state court judges Wisconsin city attorneys Arthur Sr. Scottish emigrants to the United States Politicians from Glasgow Politicians from Springfield, Massachusetts Wesleyan University alumni United States federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant 19th-century American judges Massachusetts lawyers New York (state) lawyers Wisconsin lawyers Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery