Firsts and facts about presidential inaugurations Notable
Inaugural Events Thomas Jefferson was the only president to walk
to and from his inaugural. He was also the first to be
inaugurated at the Capitol. (1801) The first inaugural ball was
held for James Madison. (1809) John Quincy Adams was the first
president sworn in wearing long trousers. (1825) The first
inauguration to be photographed was James Buchanan's. (1857)
Abraham Lincoln was the first to include African-Americans in
his parade. (1865) James Garfield's mother was the first to
attend her son's inauguration. (1881) William McKinley's
inauguration was the first ceremony to be recorded by a motion
picture camera. (1897) William Taft's wife was the first one to
accompany her husband in the procession from the Capitol to the
White House. (1909) Women were included for the first time in
Woodrow Wilson's second inaugural parade. (1917) Warren G.
Harding was the first president to ride to and from his
inaugural in an automobile. (1921) Calvin Coolidge's