Like James Madison, Monroe was secretary of state before becoming president. A spirit of vigorous nationalism known as the Era of Good Feelings ushered Monroe into the White House, virtually unopposed ...

The Oval Office has been expanded, renovated, and redecorated several times throughout US history. Donald Trump decorated the Oval Office with gold furnishings and artifacts from his first term.

President James K. Polk has returned to the White ... In February, Trump swapped a White House portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the Polk portrait in the Capitol. It now hangs in the Oval Office.

The White House removed a portrait of former President Barack Obama from a prominent spot and replaced it with artwork of President Donald Trump surviving last summer’s shooting attempt in ...