His Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1906, for his work in settling the Russian-Japanese War. He was the first American to ...

All submissions must depict figures from a long, eclectic list issued in a previous executive order, which included traditional heroes like George ... Sullivan, William Howard Taft, Maria ...

(Al Drago/For The Washington Post ... In 1909, when President William Howard Taft built the first Oval Office, it was designed in the Federal style, which is the form of Georgian neoclassicism ...

America's first president, George Washington, set an unofficial precedent when ... but would later run as a third-party ...

The President of the United States is widely considered to be the most powerful person in the world. Since the ratification ...

America's first president, George Washington ... party candidate in 1912 after a fallout with then-President William Howard Taft. Roosevelt beat Taft, but both lost to Woodrow Wilson ...

As I have noted in prior columns, President Teddy Roosevelt is my third favorite, after George Washington and ... ran against his successor, William Howard Taft, on the third party, the “Bull ...

The Oval Office, a room famous for its distinct ovum—er, oval—shape, has become synonymous with American democracy and the president himself. It's no wonder that each executive has sought to ...

This time, the A.C.L.U. is asking a federal judge in Washington not to stop the ... Anne Sullivan, William Howard Taft, Maria Tallchief, Maxwell Taylor, Tecumseh, Kateri Tekakwitha, Shirley ...

1910 — William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw out the first ball at a baseball opener in Washington. 1910 — Chicago ... Browns first baseman George Sisler had four errors in the ...

It was completed in 1909 under President William Taft. The Oval Office was designed ... Biden's central portrait of Roosevelt with one of George Washington. He added custom gold furnishings ...

The 47th President’s prolific first stretch is only challenged by FDR’s, but their aims couldn’t be more different ...