[223]  On April 5, 1882, Arthur was elected to the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) as a Third Class Companion (insignia number 02430[224]), the honorary membership category for militia officers and civilians who made significant contributions to the war effort.[225]
Union College awarded Arthur the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1883.[226]
In 1898, the Arthur memorial statue—a fifteen-foot (4.6 m), bronze figure of Arthur standing on a Barre Granite pedestal—was created by sculptor George Edwin Bissell and installed at Madison Square, in New York City.[227] The statue was dedicated in 1899 and unveiled by Arthur's sister, Mary Arthur McElroy.[227] At the dedication, Secretary of War Elihu Root described Arthur as, "...wise in statesmanship and firm and effective in administration," while acknowledging that Arthur was isolated in office and unloved by his own party.[227]
Arthur's unpopularity in life carried over into his assessment by historians and his reputation after leaving office disappeared.[228] By 1935, historian George F. Howe said that Arthur had achieved "an obscurity in strange contrast to his significant part in American history.