Bitter cold gripping much of the country led to a record cold Presidential Inauguration, which was held indoors.
But Reagan isn’t the only president whose inauguration has been held indoors due to wintry weather. In 1909, former President William Howard Taft’s swearing-in ceremony on Inauguration Day was moved ...
His speech consisted of a whopping 8,445 words — over 3,000 more than the next-longest inaugural address, from William Howard Taft — and lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. William Henry Harrison, the ninth ...
Prior to the ratification of the 20th Amendment, Inauguration Day was held in March. Despite this, several presidents were ...
Inauguration Day was originally on March 4 ... Carter's remains were lying in state in the Rotunda before his memorial ...
Johnson was sworn in by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah T. Hughes on Air Force One, just hours after President John F.
Inauguration Day was originally on March ... in state in the Rotunda before his memorial ceremony. President William H. Taft's ceremony had to move inside after a storm dropped 10 inches of ...
Update 9:27 a.m. ET, Jan. 20: Today is not only Inauguration Day but it is also a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...
That title goes to William H. Taft's presidential inauguration in 1909. That year, the ceremony was still being held on March 4, but based on the weather that day, you would never guess the date ...