Inauguration Firsts
The presidential firsts related to the inauguration of the President of the United States.
Please visit the Length of Inaugural Addresses and Age at Inauguration fact page to learn more about inauguration-related facts.
| President | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| First president to skip the inauguration of their successor | John Adams | |
| First president to have been inaugurated wearing long trousers instead of knee breeches | John Quincy Adams | |
| First president inaugurated on January 20th | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
Inaugural Address | ||
| First President to deliver an Inaugural Address | George Washington | |
| First president to deliver an Inaugural Address of over 5,000 words | William Henry Harrison | |
| First president to deliver his Inaugural Address from memory | Franklin Pierce | |
Location | ||
| First president inaugurated in New York City | George Washington | |
| First president inaugurated in Philadelphia | George Washington | |
| First president inaugurated in Washington, D.C. | Thomas Jefferson | |
| First president to take the oath of office in his own home | Chester A. Arthur | |
| First president inaugurated on an airplane | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Oath Administrator | ||
| First president to receive the oath of office from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | John Adams | |
| First president to receive the oath of office from a parent | Calvin Coolidge | |
| First president to receive the oath of office from a former president | Calvin Coolidge | William H. Taft |
| First president sworn in by a woman | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Communicated | ||
| First president to deliver his Inaugural Address over an amplification system | Warren G. Harding | |
| First president to have a nationally televised inauguration | Harry S. Truman | |
| First president to have inauguration streaming over the Internet | Bill Clinton | |
Inaugural Events | ||
| First president to have an inaugural parade | Thomas Jefferson | Second inauguration |
| First president to have an inaugural ball | James Madison | |
| First president to have an inaugural poet | John F. Kennedy | Robert Frost |
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