Jimmy Carter was the last President to be inaugurated on the east side of the Capitol on January 20, 1977.
The Capitol is the building in which the Congress of the United States convenes. The Capitol is the center of government in the United States. Located in Washington it contains The House of Representatives and the The Senate Chamber. The grounds of Capitol Hill are where the Presidential inaugurations are held every four years.
See http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=66 The statue faces east. According to the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, this is because the East Front of the Capitol was intended to be the formal entrance to the Capitol. However, the unofficial study guide for the DC tour guide exam and other sources claim, more romantically, that this position was chosen "so the sun would never set on the face of Freedom." The reason the statue faces the wrong direction is due to the fact that when Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, the designer of Washington D.C., originally designed D.C. the bulk of the land was to be behind the Capital and not in front of the building.
The Presidential Candidate's main purpose in picking the Vice President is "balancing the ticket." To "balance the ticket" is to find a VP Candidate that deposits values into a Presidential campaign that will bring support from voters that were not previously inclined to vote for that candidate. In most every United States presidential election within the past 30 years, the presidential candidate chose a VP candidate with almost opposite views and beliefs so that they might hoard the votes.
Promontory, Utah is significant because it was the meeting place of the transcontinental rail road from the west and the east and it was were the golden spike was driven by President Grant.
Your east will be right.
The East Portico of the Capitol on 4 March 1933.
West front of US Capitol in Washington, DC
The East Portico of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 4, 1861.
President Obama's inaugural ceremony took place at the West Front of the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009, from the presidency of Andrew Jackson through that of Jimmy Carter, the primary Inauguration Day ceremony took place on the Capitol's East Portico. Since the 1981 inauguration of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the ceremony has been held at the Capitol's West Front.
He took the oath in the conference room aboard the air force at Love Field in Dallas, Texas.
Until 1977, the President was sworn in on the east steps of the US Capitol building. However, in 1981 Ronald Reagan requested that the Oath of Office be administered on the west steps. The reason was that Reagan wanted to face west to deliver his inaugural address thereby symbolically addressing the entire nation. Since then the Oath of Office has been administered on the west steps of the Capitol. (Taking the oath is required by the US Constitution before the President can take his office. )
From the East Portico.
capital of Cuba is more east.
James Carter, also known as Jimmy Carter, was sworn into the presidency on January 20, 1977. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger on the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, took the oath and officially assumed the responsibilities and powers of the presidency.
The President's office is located on the east wall of the West Wing looking out over the Rose Garden.It is called the oval office due to its shape.
East Capitol Street Car Barn was created in 1896.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn into office on the east portico of the capital in Washington, DC. Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, administered the oath on March 4, 1933.