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George Washington

(AP)

This 1889 painting by Ramon de Elorriaga titled “The Inauguration of George Washington” depicts the first U.S. president taking his oath of office on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789.

Andrew Jackson

(AP)

This artist’s rendition shows the crush of people after President Andrew Jackson‘s inaugural ceremony, held on the east portico of the Capitol building for the first time, in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1829. After the inaugural proceedings, more than 20,000 well-wishers came to the White House to meet President Jackson.

William Henry Harrison

(AP)

This is an artist’s impression of President William Henry Harrison‘s inauguration in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1841. Harrison declined the offer of a closed carriage and rode on horseback to the Capitol, braving cold temperatures and a northeast wind. After speaking for more than an hour, he returned to the White House on horseback, catching a chill that eventually turned to pneumonia. He died a month later.

Ulysses S. Grant

(Library of Congress)

This rendering from a sketch by James E. Taylor depicts President Ulysses S. Grant‘s great inauguration ball on March 4, 1873, in the specially constructed temporary building in Judiciary Square in Washington. The rendering does not show that the building lacked heating and freezing temperatures forced guests to dance in their coats and hats and eat cold food. The canaries in cages that were part of the decorations froze.

Abraham Lincoln

(Library of Congress)

This photograph from the album of Benjamin Brown French shows the crowd surrounding the east front of the U.S. Capitol, still under construction, during the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln on March 4, 1861. In 1865, for Lincoln’s second inauguration, African Americans marched for the first time in the inaugural procession.

Lincoln’s second term

(AP)

This photograph of an art work shows the second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as he takes the oath of office as the 16th president of the United States in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 4, 1865. The oath is administered by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, a former rival of Lincoln and the former secretary of the treasury.

James Buchanan

(Tribune archive photo / January 19, 2001)

This photograph shows people gathered at the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration of James Buchanan, the 15th U.S. president, on March 4, 1857.

Benjamin Harrison

(AP)

This drawing depicts the inauguration of Benjamin Harrison as he takes the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller on the east portico of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1889. Harrison is sworn in as the 23rd president of the United States.

William McKinley

(AP / January 11, 2009)

A 1933 painting shows William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, as he took the oath of office in 1893.

Calvin Coolidge

(AP photo)

Calvin Coolidge rides in an open car at the head of the inaugural parade with his wife, Grace, and Chief Justice Wiliam H. Taft in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1925. Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States.

William Howard Taft

(Library of Congress)

President William Howard Taft enters a horse drawn carriage to sit beside his wife, Helen, after Inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol, where he was sworn in as the 27th president of the United States. The inauguration took place in the Senate chamber because of a blizzard on March 4, 1909. For the first time, the president’s wife accompanied her husband on the return ride in the procession from the Capitol to the White House after his inauguration.

Woodrow Wilson

(AP photo)

William Howard Taft (right) stands with his successor, President Woodrow Wilson, on Wilson’s inauguration day, March 4, 1913.

Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover

(Acme news service photo)

President Calvin Coolidge (back seat left) and his successor, President-elect Herbert Hoover, ride in a car en route to Hoover’s inauguration in March 1929.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(AP photo)

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (center) is sworn in March 4, 1933, in Washington, D.C.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(The Mobile Register photo by Jerry Shoemaker)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, are seen in the back seat of an open limousine arriving at the White House in Washington after his inauguration in 1941.

Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman

(AP photo)

In this Jan. 20, 1953, photo, President Harry Truman (left) and his successor, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower, leave the White House in Washington in a car for inauguration ceremonies. Sitting in the front is Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

(AP photo / January 20, 1953)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) is lassoed by cowboy Monte Montana as Eisenhower reviews the inaugural parade from the presidential stand in front of the White House on Jan. 20, 1953.

John F. Kennedy

(AP photo by Henry Burroughs / January 20, 1961)

In this Jan. 20, 1961, photo, Jacqueline Kennedy and her husband, President John F. Kennedy, share a private moment in the rotunda of the Capitol moments after he became president.

Kennedy’s inaugural address

(AP photo / January 20, 1961)

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (seated from left); Richard Nixon, President John F. Kennedy‘s campaign opponent; Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama; and former President Harry Truman listen as Kennedy gives his inaugural address at the Capitol in Washington after Kennedy took the oath of office.

Lyndon B. Johnson

(AP photo)

President Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office during inauguration ceremonies in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 1965. Administering the oath is Chief Justice Earl Warren (right). Beginning a new tradition by holding the Bible is Johnson’s wife, Lady Bird.

Lyndon B. Johnson

(AP photo)

President Lyndon B. Johnson and the first lady, Lady Bird Johnson, dance at the Inaugural Ball at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1965. It was one of five balls held to celebrate the nation’s 35th president.

Richard M. Nixon

(AP photo by Gary Settle / January 21, 1969)

President Richard M. Nixon (center) greets the crowd at the Mayflower Hotel Inaugural Ball, Jan. 21, 1969, in Washington, D.C. From left are First Lady Pat Nixon, daughter Tricia Nixon, daughter Julie (hidden) and David Eisenhower. The rest of the group is unidentified.

Gerald R. Ford

(AP photo)

Gerald R. Ford takes the oath of office as the 38th president of the United States as his wife, Betty, right, stands at his side in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 4. 1974. Administering the oath is Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger. Ford was sworn after the resignation of Richard M. Nixon as chief executive.

Jimmy Carter

(AP photo)

President Jimmy Carter (right) and his wife, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, wave to the crowd as they walk down Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue, Jan. 20, 1977. Carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the United States during the inauguration ceremonies.

Jimmy Carter

(AP photo)

President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter make an appearance with their daughter, Amy, at the first of seven inaugural balls in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1977.

Ronald Reagan

(AP Photo by Bob Daugherty / January 20, 1981)

Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger administers the oath of office to President Ronald Reagan, as First Lady Nancy Reagan holds the Bible at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1981. Outgoing President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn Carter (at right) watch the ceremony.

Ronald Reagan

(White House photo by Pete Souza / February 29, 2000)

President Ronald Reagan asks First Lady Nancy Reagan to dance at the first of nine inaugural balls they were attending the night of Reagan’s second inauguration in January 1985.

George H.W. Bush

(AP photo)

George H.W. Bush who, as vice president was accustomed to being at the side of President Ronald Reagan, sat beside him as his successor on Jan. 21, 1989. Reagan and Bush arrived at the Capitol in the presidential limousine for the Bush inauguration.

George H.W. Bush

(AP Photo photo by Dennis Cook)

President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush wave to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue after getting out of their limousine and walking the inaugural parade route in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1989. Earlier, Bush was sworn in as the 41st president of the United States.

Bill Clinton

(AP photo by Doug Mills)

President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wave to the crowd as they walk down 15th Street in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1993, during the presidential inaugural parade.

Bill Clinton

(AP Photo by Ron Edmonds)

President Bill Clinton kisses First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton after the president delivered his second inaugural speech Jan. 20, 1997, in Washington, D.C. Vice President Al Gore and wife Tipper Gore stand in background.

George W. Bush

(Tribune photo by Pete Souza)

President George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd president of the United States, Jan. 20, 2001, by Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Looking on (left to right) are Bush’s daughter Jenna, First Lady Laura Bush, and daughter Barbara. Vice President Dick Cheney is seen at top right.

George W. Bush

(White House photo by Eric Draper / January 20, 2001)

President George W. Bush talks to his father, former President George H.W. Bush, as he sits at his desk in the Oval Office for the first time on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2001.

George W. Bush

(AP Photo photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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