The civil service was once politicized. Then a president was assassinated.
Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...
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What to Know About Every Inauguration in American History
Inauguration Day is a crucial moment ... of 1865 following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Chester A. Arthur in September of 1881 following the assassination of James Garfield, Theodore ...
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U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
While Monday's inauguration ceremony for President ... After President James Garfield was shot in 1881, then-Vice President Chester A. Arthur took the oath of office in New York City at his ...
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These notable inaugurations weren’t held at the US Capitol. Here’s why
The inauguration ceremony would move to Washington ... Garfield would not survive his injuries, making his vice president, ...