The Swearing In
Name a President (there were 4) that was sworn in not using a bible?
Who were.... John Q. Adams; Franklin Pierce, Teddy Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson?
This President had the warmest Inauguration on record.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
(His second was the coldest on record)
The average age of a President when inaugurated.
What is 55 years and 3 months?
LBJ was exactly this age when sworn in after JFK's assassination.
The youngest President when inaugurated.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
Name one President (there were 6) that took their oath of office away from Washington DC.
Who was.... Geo Washington, John Adams, Chester Arthur, Theo Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Lyndon Johnson?
The first President to be sworn in outdoors.
This President had the first televised Inauguration.
How was Harry S Truman? Jan 20, 1949.
These words are almost always said during the oath of office - yet they are not actually in the oath.
What is "So help me God"?
The first president to ride to and from his Inauguration in an automobile.
Who was Warren G. Harding?
Name 2 Presidents that did not attend their successor's Inauguration ceremony (there were 4 - one is a softball)
Who was John Adams, John Q. Adams, Andrew Johnson, Donald Trump?
This President is the only one to have walked to and from his swearing in ceremony.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This President had the largest crowd at their Inauguration Day.
Who was Barack Obama? (Estimated at 1.8million people)
This Chief Justice goofed up the Oath of Office that a do over was done the next day.
The number of presidents that have been Catholic (including Joe Biden)?
2
This President became ill on his Inauguration Day and died one month later.
Wm H. Harrison
The first President to be sworn in at the US Capitol
Who was Thomas Jefferson?.
This president gave the longest inaugural address.
Who was Wm. H. Harrison? (8,445 words)
The shortest Inauguration address was given by this President.
Who Was Geo Washington (2nd address was 135 words
The only President sworn in by his father.
Who is William Harding?
Kamala Harris was sworn in on a Bible owned by...
Who was Justice Thurgood Marshall?
Name the ONLY President sworn in by a woman.
Who was Lyndon Johnson?
Inauguration Day was originally held on this day.
When was March 4th?
The Amendment # that changed the Inauguration Day to Jan 20th.
What was the 20th Amendment?
The first President to be Inaugurated on Jan 20th.
Who was FDR?
The very first Inauguration was held in this city.
Where was NYC?
Geo Washington was inaugurated in NYC, and DC.