The eighth president had a commode fit for a commander-in-chief at Lindenwald, his home in Kinderhook, New York.

We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...

One of the most vexing political questions throughout American history has been the role and importance of the vice president. Originally, the vice president was little more than a backup in case the ...

His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

Inauguration Day occurs every four years after the U.S. presidential election when the president-elect and ... John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and Andrew Johnson. Trump was the first to ...

After winning the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris, President ... Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and Andrew Johnson. Trump was the first to do so in over 150 years.

"Hail to the Chief" made its inaugural debut March 4, 1837, when Martin Van Buren took his oath of office, though that wasn't the first time the song was used to honor a president. Twelve years ...

Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of ...

Despite the opposition, Washington recited the 35-word oath of office, with every American president following suit ... parade was in full force with parade floats accompanying Martin Van Buren’s ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino (THE CONVERSATION) The portrait of President ...

US President-elect Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived at the White House on the morning of 20 January for the traditional pre-inauguration tea with President Joe Biden and First Lady ...