Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

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Looking back at the weather history books, the ceremonies have gone ... He's the first president to die in office.In 1909, President William Howard Taft's ceremony moved inside thanks to a ...

In the challenge the President has posed to the Congress over the power to dismiss officers, we are seeing a remarkable ...

What is most shameful is not Vice President Vance’s successful exploitation of my home and my university — rather, it is what he has done with the acclaim.

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In 1909, a massive blizzard forced President-elect William Howard Taft’s inside where he quipped ... Author Glenn Kittler in his book “Hail to the Chief: The Inaugural Days of Our Presidents ...

William Howard Taft, who served as both the country's 27th ... John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book. Theodore Roosevelt — who was sworn in at the Buffalo, New York, home of ...