Inauguration Day History

In 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the first to be sworn in as president in Washington, D.C., which officially became the federal capital only on June 11, 1800. Inauguration Day was originally on March 4, four months after election day, but this was changed to noon on January 20 by the Twentieth Amendment in 1933.





http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/


Andrew Jackson became 1st #POTUS inaugurated on East Front of US Capitol when sworn-in by Chief Justice John Marshall in 1829

The 58th Presidential Inauguration – January 20, 2017

For more than 200 years American citizens have witnessed the Inauguration ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States. From the first Inauguration of George Washington to today, as we prepare for the 58th Presidential Inauguration, the swearing-in ceremonies represent both national renewal and continuity of leadership. As each president has offered a vision for America's future, we reflect on the heritage of Inaugurations past.

The only President to take the oath of office without placing his hand upon a Bible was Theodore Roosevelt in January 1901. He was sworn in with an uplifted hand.

https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/inaugurations/index.html

https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/inaugurations/related.html

List of U.S. Presidents

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/inaugurals.php

1. George Washington	2. John Adams	3. Thomas Jefferson	4. James Madison
5. James Monroe	6. John Quincy Adams	7. Andrew Jackson	8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison	10. John Tyler	11. James Knox Polk	12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore	14. Franklin Pierce	15. James Buchanan	16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson	18. Ulysses S. Grant	19. Rutherford B. Hayes	20. James A. Garfield
21. Chester Arthur	22. Grover Cleveland^	23. Benjamin Harrison	24. Grover Cleveland^
25. William McKinley	26. Theodore Roosevelt	27. William Howard Taft	28. Woodrow Wilson
29. Warren G. Harding	30. Calvin Coolidge	31. Herbert Hoover	32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
33. Harry S. Truman	34. Dwight D. Eisenhower	35. John F. Kennedy	36. Lyndon B. Johnson
37. Richard M. Nixon	38. Gerald R. Ford	39. Jimmy Carter	40. Ronald Reagan
41. George H. W. Bush	42. William J. Clinton	43. George W. Bush	44. Barack Obama