I n March 1801, after the deeply partisan presidential election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson rose in the U.S. Capitol to take the oath of office. He had participated vigorously in the partisan ...

Before a gathering at the foot of the capitol steps, where presidents since Jefferson have taken the oath, Hoover bared his head in the drizzling rain, placed his hand upon the Bible and repeated ...

Judge Naomi Showers Doyle took the oath of office for her second term as Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, Precinct One, Place One on Jan. 1. Judge Doyle, who won reelection with 73.11% of ...

In 1797, John Adams took the oath of office as the second president of the United States. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the first president to be inaugurated in Washington. File Photo by Pat ...