More Inauguration Facts and Fun

* The first ceremony broadcast on the Internet was Bill Clinton’s second inauguration. (1997)

* All but six presidents took the presidential oath in Washington, D.C.

* Except for Washington’s first inaugural, when he was sworn in on April 30, 1789, all presidents until 1937 were inaugurated in March in an effort to avoid bad weather.

* Obama will be the 44th President of the United States and this will be the 56th formal inauguration. Fifteen presidents were elected to a second term, and in Roosevelt’s case to a third and fourth term of course.