The mysterious illness that plagued a presidential inauguration
President-elect James Buchanan had no idea what was happening to his body. But political Washington had its suspicions.
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The First Known Photograph of a U.S. Presidential Inauguration
On March 4, 1857, James Buchanan was sworn in as the 15th president of the United States, at the first presidential-inauguration ceremony to ever be photographed. John Wood, who worked as the ...
The Washington Post28d
Retropolis: The presidential inauguration that made everyone sick
James Buchanan barely won the presidency. The nation was roiling in the debate over slavery. So when Buchanan became gravely ill before his inaugural address, it wasn’t a stretch to suspect an ...
Daily Herald28d
The mysterious illness that plagued a presidential inauguration
The inaugural parade of 1857, on a March day that was surprisingly warm, celebrated President-elect James Buchanan with something ... He thought they were eating food “cooked in water ...