President-elect James Buchanan had no idea what was happening to his body. But political Washington had its suspicions.

The image captured crowds of onlookers standing outside the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol—which was still under ...

21. James Buchanan's 1857 inauguration was the first to be photographed and William McKinley’s 1897 inauguration was the first to be recorded by a motion picture camera, per White House History.

The inaugural parade of 1857, on a March day that was surprisingly warm, celebrated President-elect James Buchanan with something new to Washington parades: floats. There was the “Goddess of ...

On a windy day in the late winter of 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th president of the United States, replacing Lancaster’s James Buchanan. At noon on March 4 — inauguration day ...

Bev was the daughter of the late Dr. Robert James “Buck” Buchanan and the late Shirley ... Bev accepted a nomination for the inaugural Virginia Governors School for the Gifted at Mary ...

But inaugural addresses and analysis of the ... until photography became more frequently used. James Buchanan was the first president to have a photograph taken at his swearing-in.