Even seemingly minor inaugural moments have carried deep significance, shaped by historical context and presidential personalities. Thomas Jefferson walked to his 1801 inauguration from his ...

Thomas Jefferson became the first president to have his inauguration speech printed in a newspaper the same day he gave his address in 1801. The National Intelligencer printed the speech on the mo ...

This morning, I read President Thomas Jefferson’s first and second inaugural addresses (1801, 1805), President Andrew Jackson’s first inaugural (1829) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ...

Thomas Jefferson’s first inaugural in 1801 may have been the most explicit: “We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.” ...

Given the chaos of Trump’s first term, and his radical plans for the second, Vanity Fair writers and editors take stock on day one of what’s sure to be a tumultuous time in America.

inauguration in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda ... At least, this is what past presidents have believed. Thomas Jefferson said as much in 1801. “Every difference of opinion is not a difference of ...

Trump's will be just the fourth inauguration in history to be held inside. Between 1789 and 1817, for the swearing in of presidents George Washington, Jon Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James ...

“I played with somebody who played with somebody who played with somebody who played with somebody for the first inauguration for when we started, with Thomas Jefferson.” Master Gunnery Sg ...

“We are all Republicans; we serve all Federalists,” Thomas Jefferson said a few months ... grace notes to the wider world. In his 1949 inaugural address, President Harry Truman offered a ...

The last inauguration to take place on March 4 was Franklin D. Roosevelt's first one in 1933. He was also the first president to take office on Jan. 20. Thomas Jefferson was the first president ...