Jimmy carter walked in the inaugural parade alone side his wife in her cloth coat which was a source of amusement to the rich Washington crowd clothed in their fur coats.
George Washington's was the shortest inaugural address at 135 words. (1793)
Thomas Jefferson was the only president to walk to and from his inaugural. He was also the first to be inaugurated at the Capitol. (1801)
The first inaugural ball was held for James Madison. (1809)
John Quincy Adams was the first president sworn in wearing long trousers. (1825)
Franklin Pierce was the first president to affirm rather than swear the oath of office (1853). Herbert Hoover followed suit in 1929.
William H. Harrison's was the longest inaugural address at 8,445 words. (18
The first inauguration to be photographed was James Buchanan's.
Abraham Lincoln was the first to include African-Americans in his parade. (1865)
James Garfield's mother was the first to attend her son's inauguration. (1881)
William McKinley's inauguration was the first ceremony to be recorded by a motion picture camera. (1897)
William Taft's wife was the first one to accompany her husband in the procession from the Capitol to the White House. (1909)
Women were included for the first time in Woodrow Wilson's second inaugural parade. (1917)
Warren G. Harding was the first president to ride to and from his inaugural in an automobile. (1921)
Calvin Coolidge's oath was administered by Chief Justice (and ex-president) William Taft. It was also the first inaugural address broadcast on the radio. (1925)
Harry Truman's was the first to be televised. (1949)
John Kennedy's inauguration had Robert Frost as the first poet to participate in the official ceremony. (1961) The only other President to feature poets was Bill Clinton. Maya Angelou read at his 1993 inaugural, and Miller Williams read at his second, in 1997. (1961)
Lyndon Johnson was the first (and so far) only president to be sworn in by a woman, U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes. (1963)
Jimmy Carter's inaugural parade featured solar heat for the reviewing stand and handicap-accessible viewing. (1977)
Ronald Reagan's second inaugural had to compete with Super Bowl Sunday. (1985)
The first ceremony broadcast on the Internet was Bill Clinton's second inauguration. (1997)
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Have you heard that Obama will be sworn in on the Lincoln Bible on loan from the National Archives? I think that is really wonderful.
Very interesting
and is this one going to be throwing a CD out through a cracked door in the white house???
I'll bet Mrs. Carter still owns and wears that coat today..
Barbara Bush is kin to Franklin Pierce? Isn't that right?
I guess Dolly Madison wanted to ball. She promised Sally Hemings a big gift if she would name James Madison Hemings after Her husband, but never came through is what he said.
Well, that came out typed wrong. Dolly Madison liked parties and probably wanted to have the ball. She was the 'first lady' of sorts for Jefferson too...as his wife was dead. Madison and Jefferson were neighbors and good friends.
I learn something new every day! lol That was so interesting, I didn't know any of these facts!!
Wishing you and yours all the very best that 2009 has to offer, dear Patsy. Happy New Year!! xoxo
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