Inauguration Day is a crucial moment in American ... Arthur in September of 1881 following the assassination of James Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt in September of 1901 following the assassination ...

While most inauguration ceremonies in the years since have taken place in Washington, not all of them have happened there. After President James Garfield was shot in 1881, then-Vice President ...

By 1881, a joint resolution was passed as the city prepared for the inauguration of then-President-elect James A. Garfield. A Presidential Inaugural Committee was formed with a chairman appointed ...

James and Lucretia Garfield had seven ... So, when the family moved to the White House after Garfield's 1881 inauguration, Garfield saw it as a blessing; no matter how daunting his workload ...

Here's what you need to know about Inauguration Day ... Arthur took the oath privately following the death of President James Garfield and again two days later in the Capitol.