1. George Washington’s second inauguration in 1793 remains the shortest inaugural address ever delivered, at just 135 words.
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2. John Adams was the first President to receive the oath of office from a Chief Justice of the United States (Oliver Ellsworth) at his inauguration 1797.
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3. Thomas Jefferson’s first inauguration in 1801 was the first to be held in Washington, DC.
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4. James Madison’s first inauguration in 1809 marked the first Inaugural Ball. It was held the evening after the swearing-in ceremony. It took place at Long's Hotel and tickets cost $4 each.
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5. James Monroe’s first inauguration in 1817 was the first that President took the oath of office and deliver the Inaugural address outdoors. The ceremony took place on platform in front of the temporary Brick Capitol (where Supreme Court now stands).
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6. John Quincy Adams was the first to wear long trousers, rather than knee breeches at his inauguration in 1825.
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7. Andrew Jackson’s first inauguration in 1829 was the first that the President took the oath of office on the east front portico of the U.S. Capitol (a site which has been used in 35 total Inaugurations).
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8. Martin Van Buren’s inauguration in 1837 marked the first inauguration that the outgoing President and President-elect rode to the Capitol together for the inauguration.
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9. William Henry Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address at his inauguration in 1841. It was 8,445 words long and took nearly 2 hours to deliver.
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10. John Tyler’s inauguration in 1841 was the first non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to ever take place in American history, following the death of President Harrison. President Tyler took the oath just 33 days after President Harrison took his oath.
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11. James K. Polk was inaugurated in 1845. This was the first inaugural ceremony to be reported by telegraph and to be shown in a newspaper illustration.
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12. Zachary Taylor was inaugurated on Monday, March 5th in 1849. At the time March 4th was Inauguration Day but it fell on a Sunday so he wasn’t inaugurated until the 5th. Because of this some believe that Senator David Atchison was acting President for a day.
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13. Millard Fillmore took the oath of office in the House of Representatives Chamber on July 10, 1850 following the death of President Taylor.
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14. Franklin Pierce was the only President in American History who memorized his Inaugural Address and delivered all 3,329 words without notes in 1853.
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15. James Buchanan’s inauguration in 1857 was the first inauguration ceremony known to be photographed.
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16. Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration in 1865 was attended by his assassin John Wilkes Booth.
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17. Andrew Johnson’s inauguration in 1865 was held at Kirkwood House shortly following the assassination of President Lincoln. After the ceremony Johnson gave an impromptu inaugural address, which began with him begging the cabinet to remain with him.
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18. Ulysses S. Grant’s inauguration in 1869 was boycotted by outgoing President Johnson. Instead, he remained at the White House signing last-minute legislation. This was the last time an outgoing President boycotted an inauguration until President Trump in 2021.
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19. Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to take the presidential oath in the White House. As March 4, 1877, fell on a Sunday, Hayes was sworn in at the Red Room of the White House on March 3.
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20. James A. Garfield was the first President to review the Inaugural parade from a stand built in front of the White House at his inauguration in 1881.
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21. Chester A. Arthur’s inauguration in 1881 took place at his private residence in New York following the assassination of President Garfield. The first to take place on New York since George Washington’s first inauguration.
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22. Grover Cleveland held a Bible given to him at age 15 by his mother as he swore the oath of office at first inauguration in 1885.
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23. Benjamin Harrison's inauguration ceremony in 1889 took place during a rainstorm in Washington D.C. Outgoing president Grover Cleveland attended the ceremony and held an umbrella over Harrison's head as he took the oath of office.
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24. Grover Cleveland became the first and only President to serve two non-consecutive terms when he was sworn in at his second inauguration in 1893.
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25. William McKinley’s first inauguration in 1897 was the first to be recorded on film.
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26. Theodore Roosevelt did not use a bible to swear the oath of office at his first inauguration in 1901 because there was no time to plan the ceremony shortly after the assassination of President McKinley.
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27. Howard Taft’s inauguration in 1909 was the first time in inauguration history, the incoming First Lady (Helen Herron Taft) joined her husband in leading the parade from the Capitol to the White House.
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28. Woodrow Wilson was the first President to take the oath of office on Sunday in 1917. March 4th fell on a Sunday, so Wilson was sworn in privately on that day in the President's Room in the U.S. Capitol. His public inauguration was held on Monday, March 5.
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29. Warren G. Harding’s inauguration in 1921 was the first in which an automobile was used to transport the president-elect and the outgoing president (Woodrow Wilson) to and from the Capitol.
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30. Calvin Coolidge’s oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Taft at his second inauguration in 1925. This was the first inauguration in which a former U.S. president administered the oath, and the first to be broadcast nationally on radio.
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31. Herbert Hoover’s inauguration in 1929 was the first presidential inauguration to be recorded by sound newsreels.
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32. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second inauguration in 1937 was the first inauguration to take place on January 20 per the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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33. Harry Truman’s first inauguration following the death of President Roosevelt in 1945 was 7th non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to ever take place but the first one to be photographed.
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34. Dwight D. Eisenhower broke precedent by reciting his own prayer after taking the oath, rather than kissing the Bible at his first inauguration in 1953.
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35. John F. Kennedy inauguration in 1961 was the first inauguration to be televised in color.
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36. Lyndon B. Johnson’s first inauguration in 1963 took place aboard of Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy.
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37. Richard Nixon’s second inauguration 1973 made him the first and only person to be inaugurated four times as both president and vice president.
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38. Gerald Ford’s inauguration in 1974 was held in the East Room of the White House following the resignation of President Nixon becoming first vice president to assume the presidency under the terms of 25th Amendment.
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39. Jimmy Carter’s inauguration in 1977 was the last inauguration held on the East Portico of the Capitol building.
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40. Ronald Reagan holds the records for the warmest and coldest inaugurations. His first in 1981 was 55 °F and his second in 1985 was the coldest with temperatures of 7 °F and wind chill so of -25 °F forcing the ceremony inside to the Capital Rotunda.
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41. George H. W. Bush became the first sitting vice president to be inaugurated as president since Martin van Buren (1837) at his inauguration in 1989. He swore the oath on the George Washington Inauguration Bible.
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42. Bill Clinton’s second inauguration in 1997 was the first to be streamed live on the internet.
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43. George W. Bush’s second inauguration in 2005 was the first to use anti-counterfeiting security designed into the tickets and had the largest inaugural platform at over 10,000 square feet.
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44. Barack Obama took the oath of office a second time out of "an abundance of caution" the day following his first Inauguration in 2009 when Chief Justice John Roberts switched the word order when he administered the oath on Inauguration day.
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45. Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017 was largest livestream on Twitter ever, with the official feed reaching 6.8 million unique viewers.
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46. Joe Biden was sworn in his family Bible. He has used the Bible each time he has taken an oath of office, including during his first Senate swearing-in in 1973 and his swearings-in as vice president in 2009 and 2013.
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