The civil service was once politicized. Then a president was assassinated.
Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...
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James A. Garfield
A year after the national centennial, a long-time member of the House of Representatives and future president of the United States reflected on the development of the American legislature.
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Garfield's Campaign Speech
In 1880, James Garfield traveled to Republican party ... a letter which contained every germ of the Constitution of the United States. [Applause.] That student, soldier, statesman, and great ...
U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only ...
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Man who took a US Capitol tour with a gun in his possession is arrested, police say
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who entered the U.S. Capitol with a handgun in his possession and took a tour of the building faces weapons charges, police said Thursday. The 27-year-old Massachusetts ...
Presidential history: The time and place of presidential inaugurations
A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At ...
Donald Trump Inauguration On January 20: All About The Inaugural Parade
Nearly 7,500 participants from 23 states will join the parade this year, the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee has confirmed.