By 1881, a joint resolution was passed as the city prepared for the inauguration of then-President-elect James A. Garfield. A Presidential Inaugural Committee was formed with a chairman appointed ...

From the campaign trail to inauguration day ... We know how Trump won, but how did other outsiders like James Garfield and Lincoln become president? In this episode of Simple Civics, we explore ...

The inauguration ceremony would move to Washington ... attorney” passed over for a consular post shot President James A. Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. Garfield would not ...

William Henry Harrison’s inaugural address in 1841 lasted an ... 1885, Grover Cleveland, 54 degrees. 1881, James Garfield, 33 degrees. 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes, 35 degrees.

Trump Vance Inaugural Committee Announces Presidential ... This custom, started by President James Garfield in 1881, has grown to include military and civilian participants from across states.

While most inauguration ceremonies in the years since have taken place in Washington, not all of them have happened there. After President James Garfield was shot in 1881, then-Vice President ...

He was born in Virginia, but some say there is a case to be made that he should be considered an Ohio president.

For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, with some noteworthy exceptions.