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Trump and incoming first lady Melania Trump will then go to the White House and join President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for a tea before they travel to the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration ceremony. Vance will go first, and then at noon Trump will take his oath of office, The New York Times reported.

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On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison delivered what is the longest inaugural address in United States history, both in terms of its word count and length of time. His speech consisted of a whopping 8,445 words — over 3,000 more than the next-longest inaugural address, from William Howard Taft — and lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Then he picked up his large briefcase, climbed into his car and drove through Georgetown, over Rock Creek, through the nasty, wet snow to his office in the Senate building. First things came first ...

Joseph Taylor Robinson was Majority Leader of the United ... William Howard Taft. Robinson strongly supported Wilson and his administration and worked very hard at being a senator. Robinson was recognized as one of the best parliamentarians in the Senate ...

For a full list of Taft's nominees, see: Federal judges nominated by William Howard Taft ... Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process: The president nominates ...

Gov. Jon Husted to fill the Senate seat that Vice President-elect JD Vance is vacating. "There were many people who I considered very qualified to serve in the United States Senate to represent ...