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President William McKinley's 1897 inaugural.
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Nominated for president on the eighth ballot at the 1888 Republican Convention, Benjamin Harrison conducted one of the first "front-porch" campaigns,...
There was little resemblance between the petulant invalid who came to the White House with William McKinley in March 1897 and...
At the 1896 Republican Convention, in time of depression, the wealthy Cleveland businessman Marcus Alonzo Hanna ensured the nomination of his...
Eighteen years ago when the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was dedicated, President Reagan expressed his dream that it would bring...
James Knox Polk was at home in Columbia, Tennessee, when he judged that it was about time to find out...
On Saturday, October 24, 1903, the sensationalist New York World reported that President Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb Jr., outfitted the me...
The press has always been part of the White House story. From friendly to hostile, with many colors in-between, the...
“That Manila could lend anything to Washington may be an idea that would surprise some persons, but the Luneta is an...
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Press Secretary James C. Hagerty permitted radio, television and newspaper equipment to record coverage of news co...
The Green Room, positioned between the East Room and the Blue Room, is one of the principal parlors of the...
“Quentin’s mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance to render some...