1. The first Inauguration for President, George Washington was supposed to take place March 4th, 1789, but didn’t take place until April 30th, to allow for finalizing the ballot count and then travel time for Washington to travel from Mount Vernon, Va. To New York City at that time was the nation's capital.
2. In 1857, James Buchanan announced in his inauguration address that he would not seek a second term.
3. When Andrew Johnson was inaugurated as Vice President in 1865, he was completely drunk.
4. The ratification of the 20th Amendment in 1933 made January 20th officially inauguration day at 12 o clock noon.
5. For his 2nd inauguration Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair.
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