Breadcrumb Home Quiz Quiz Including the Inauguration in January 2017, how many presidential inaugurations have there been? 44 53 58 Whose inauguration was the first to be televised? Franklin Roosevelt, 1945 Dwight Eisenhower, 1953 Harry Truman, 1949 Who gave the shortest Inaugural Address (and how many words did it include)? George Washington Abraham Lincoln Eisenhower, 1953 William Henry Harrison How did Thomas Jefferson get to the Capitol for his first inauguration? He rode on horseback He walked He rode in a carriage Whose was the first inauguration held on the Capitol’s East Portico? John Q. Adams Andrew Jackson James Polk On what date do members of Congress begin their terms in office? March 4 January 20 January 3 Who was the last President to be inaugurated in March? Herbert C. Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt J. Calvin Coolidge Who plans the inauguration ceremony? A Task Force headed by Homeland Security The Architect of the Capitol A Joint Congressional Committee Who was the first President not born a British subject? James Monroe Martin Van Buren James Polk 10 Which President also served on the United States Supreme Court? Louis D. Brandeis S. Grover Cleveland William H. Taft The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is created every four years to organize the Presidential Inauguration. Prior to 1901 the United States ________ was in charge of planning the event. House of Representatives Senate Supreme Court The first president inaugurated in Washington D.C. in the newly constructed Capitol in 1801 was ___________. John Adams George Washington Thomas Jefferson
