The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

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When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with ...

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In addition to being president, Abraham ... Lincoln prompted the South to begin to withdraw, or secede, from the Union. In 1860, Lincoln was the first ever president to be elected with less than 50% ...

Though modern job approval metrics were a bit lacking during the late 1790s, historians have for decades considered George ... States. Washington finished behind only Abraham Lincoln in the ...

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with ...