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President William Henry Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address on the bitterly cold day in 1841. He died one month later of pneumonia. The scene at his inauguration was captured in the 1841 engraving.
Biographies & Portraits
In April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York City. Constitutional guidelines for inaugurations are sparse, offering...
Elaine Rice Bachmann
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
Ascending from the Ground Floor Corridor, a marble stairway leads the White House visitor to the State Floor level. Off...
The Cross Hall and large Entrance Hall are at the center of the original plan by James Hoban for the...
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeTaking the Oath of Office: The Capitol Connection, Donald R. Kennon"Not a Ragged Mob": The...
Read Digital VersionDeath and the President's House, William Seale "First in War, First in Peace," and First in Death: A...
1862-1863: Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving over her son Willies death in February, began to participate in spirit circles or seances...
No sport created more excitement, enthusiasm and interest in the colonial period and the early republic than horse racing. Presidents...