The eighth president of the United States, the so-called little magician, saw political parties as the key to achieving power Ted Scheinman Senior Editor Martin Van Buren in 1860. Library of ...

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

When Martin Van Buren was inaugurated in March 1837, the weather was gentler than the icy terror that descended upon Washington yesterday to welcome President Trump back to the White House. But there ...

Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Monday, which is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. See the schedule of events.

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 ...

Hail to the Chief” will be used to welcome President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House after he takes his oath of ...

One of the most vexing political questions throughout American history has been the role and importance of the vice president ...

"The only president to ever avoid an inauguration was the guy that's about to be inaugurated," Biden said in December 2024.

This tradition initially began in 1837, when Andrew Jackson attended the inauguration of Martin Van Buren, a Troy University article explains. In 1801, John Adams became the first president to ...

Bradley in Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, a lively and illuminating new biography of our eighth president—the first to be born a U.S. citizen. Absent a strong opposition party ...

When will Trump be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States ... John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and Andrew Johnson. Trump was the first to do so in over 150 years.