The Capitol has a more expansive policy for lying in state. Congressman Henry Clay, in 1852, was the first to lie in the Capitol Rotunda. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover lay in the Capitol in 1972.

In Washington, his hearse will stop at the U.S. Navy Memorial, where his remains will be transferred to a horse-drawn caisson for the rest of his trip to the Capitol. The location nods to Carter’s ...

Gov. Jim Justice held off taking his seat in the U.S. Senate to avoid a situation where West Virginia would have multiple ...