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Martin Van Buren Created America’s Partisan Political System. We’re Still Recovering
The eighth president of the United States, the so-called little magician, saw political parties as the key to achieving power ...
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No, Donald Trump is not the only president to skip his successor’s inauguration
President Biden claimed Trump is the only president to avoid his successor’s inauguration. But several outgoing presidents in ...
FACT CHECK: No, Trump Is Not The First President To ‘Avoid An Inauguration’
President Joe Biden claimed in a December interview that President-elect Donald Trump is “the only president to ever avoid an inauguration.” Verdict: False Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, ...
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No, Donald Trump is not the only president to skip his successor’s inauguration
This tradition initially began in 1837, when Andrew Jackson attended the inauguration of Martin Van Buren, a Troy University article explains. In 1801, John Adams became the first president to ...