Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration on March 4, 1861. Bettmann/Getty Images Claire Jerry, Smithsonian Institution The only ...

Ronald Reagan probably didn't realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that an effective American presidency embraces character and a sense of servant-leadership.

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European ...

Reagan’s inauguration was the first to be held on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol, a vantage that planners selected both ...

Kevin Butterfield is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. The Constitution is remarkably ...