![]() ![]() In 1997, Bill Clinton's second inauguration was the first to be streamed live over the Internet.ġ929 – Herbert Hoover's inauguration was the first recorded for a newsreel. Truman was the first to deliver his inaugural address to a televised audience Kennedy would be the first to do so on color television in 1961. He died one month later from pneumonia contracted on Inauguration Day.ġ925 - Calvin Coolidge's inauguration was the first to be broadcast nationally over radio waves. One year later, the Capitol would be set ablaze by the British Army.ġ841 – Without a hat, coat, or gloves, William Henry Harrison famously gave the longest inaugural address ever at 10,000 words long in the midst of a snowstorm. Tickets were $4 each.ġ813 – Only a few months after declaring war on the British in 1812, James Madison delivers an address criticizing Great Britain. He was 87 years old at the time.ġ805 – Thomas Jefferson's second inauguration hosted the first inaugural parade.ġ809 – James and Dolly Madison attend the first inaugural ball held on the same day as the inauguration. Kennedy was the last president to wear the traditional stovetop hat to his inauguration.ġ961 – Robert Frost recited his poem, The Gift Outright at John F. In 1981, Ronald Reagan became the first President inaugurated on the West Terrace, in front of the National Mall.ġ961 – John F. ![]() Capitol, facing the Library of Congress and Supreme Court. His inaugural speech is also the first to be reprinted in a newspaper.įirst President to Be Sworn in on the Steps of the Capitolġ829 – Andrew Jackson is the first president to be inaugurated on the East Portico of the U.S. The 20th Amendment changed the date from March 4 to January 20 when it was ratified in 1933.ġ801 – Thomas Jefferson is the first to take the oath of office in the new capital city, Washington, D.C. 1937 – Franklin Roosevelt takes the oath of the Presidency for the second time, but for the first time on January 20th. ![]()
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