President Andrew Jackson had some 20,000 of his supporters attend a celebration around the White House following his first inauguration in 1829. The mob quickly grew rowdy, however, with fights ...

From drunken speeches to frozen canaries and rampaging roosters at inaugural balls, the day has a fine history of mishaps, mayhem, and mangled oaths. At Andrew Jackson’s inauguration ...

President Trump’s redecorated Oval Office includes a portrait of Benjamin Franklin and a fresh Andrew Jackson painting, part of an Inauguration Day overhaul of the most exclusive office space in ...

Bannon on Friday afternoon said President Trump’s inaugural speech had echoes ... I don’t think we’ve had a speech like that since Andrew Jackson came to the White House,” Bannon said ...

More than a decade later, in 1833, former President Andrew Jackson’s inauguration also took place inside the House Chamber “because of his ill health and bad weather,” the JCCIC says.

The weather-driven decision to move Donald Trump’s second inaugural ceremony inside the Capitol reminds us that the road to the White House is paved with traditions that change in intriguing ...