How a president's death helped kill Washington's "spoils system"
In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president. But after a ...
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U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The first inaugurations in U.S. history didn't happen in Washington, D.C. President George Washington was sworn in for his ... After President James Garfield was shot in 1881, then-Vice President ...
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Ohioan JD Vance makes political history, becomes first millennial vice president
Grant , Rutherford Birchard Hayes, James Abram Garfield, Benjamin Harrison ... president to live in his home state at the time of being sworn in.
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JD Vance has a chance to help Ohio. Will he? | Opinion
Grant, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, James Abram Garfield, Benjamin Harrison ... annexing Canada, etc. When he's sworn in on Jan. 20, Vance will be the third youngest VP in United States history ...
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These notable inaugurations weren’t held at the US Capitol. Here’s why
After just 200 days in office — a presidency historians called “impactful,” if short — an “embittered attorney” passed over for a consular post shot President James A. Garfield at a ...