Donald Trump became the 47th American president on Monday, but the oath of office itself has been administered 73 times ...

Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...

On his first day back in the Oval Office, Donald Trump issued 51 executive orders, 12 memorandums and four proclamations, ...

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President Chester Arthur took the oath privately following the death of President James Garfield and again two days later in the Capitol. President Grover Cleveland also is considered the 22nd and ...

She thus created the first presidential library, setting the precedent for the collection of papers of the President for posterity. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur, however, burned most of ...

Donald J. Trump made history on Jan. 20 when he became the first convicted felon to take the presidential oath of office. Speaking from the Capitol in Washington—the same building that was infamously ...

Oaths are an ancient practice; they were used to assure fealty in the Roman republic. The words to Trump’s recitation on Monday are prescribed in the Constitution. The phrase "So help me God" ...

5, 2020 6:14 a.m. The words in these letters spoke volumes. Julia Sand wrote to then-vice president Chester A. Arthur, who would become the 21st president of the United States, offering advice on ...

Bush and Chester A. Arthur, who tied for 12th-worst, among the nation's 45 former commanders in chief. President Donald Trump is the third-worst president overall, according to U.S. News’ most ...