The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

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

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 ...

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.

The first images from Netflix's Death By Lightning introduce Michael Shannon's James Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen as his downfall, Charles Guiteau.

While Trump’s inauguration feels like “a slap in the ... rather than a felon,” said Veda Wright, who stood outside Garfield with her husband Anthony Perry, waiting for the march to begin.

Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...

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 ...

Being sworn in outside Washington 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 ...