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1.26. Inaugurations and Swearing-Ins
Name the president(s) who ...
1. Was formally inaugurated in two different cities.
2. Was the first to be inaugurated in Washington D. C.
3. Was the only president to walk to and from his inauguration.
4. Gave the longest inaugural address.
5. Was the first to be inaugurated on January 20.
6. Were sworn in by a former president.
7. Was sworn into office on Air Force One.
8. Ordered his successor’s son home from overseas military service, so he could attend his father’s inauguration.
9. Gave his inaugural address entirely from memory.
10. Was the first president
to be sworn in on a Sunday.
1.26. Inaugurations and Swearing-Ins
Name the president(s) who ...
1. Was formally inaugurated in two different cities. George Washington was inaugurated for his first term on April 30, 1789 at Federal Hall in New York City [AP 12]. His second inauguration took place in Philadelphia. [AP 14]
2 Was the first to be inaugurated in Washington D.C. Thomas Jefferson [AP 36]
3. Was the only one to walk to and from his inauguration. Thomas Jefferson [FLP 2]
4. Gave the longest inaugural address. In words-8,445, William H. Harrison [BPL 45]
5. Was the first to be inaugurated on January 20. Franklin D. Roosevelt [BPL 24]
6. Were sworn in by a former president. William Howard Taft, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, swore in Calvin Coolidge in 1925 and Herbert Hoover in 1929.
7. Was sworn in on Air Force One. Lyndon
B. Johnson. It happened in Dallas as the plane readied to return Johnson
to Washington just two hours after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
The oath was administered by Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes, the first time
a woman had sworn in a president. [AP 321]
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8. Ordered his successor’s son home from overseas military service, so he could attend his father’s inauguration. Harry S. Truman [BLSWH 14-15] John Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s army officer son was serving in Korea.
9. Gave his inaugural address entirely from memory. Franklin Pierce [AP 114]
10. Was the first to be sworn in on a Sunday. Rutherford B. Hayes was sworn in in a secret ceremony in the Red Room of the White House on Sunday March 4, 1877. [BLSWH 41] Later, Woodrow Wilson was sworn in on Sunday March 4, 1917 in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol. The ceremony was private but not secret.